car bomb
Americannoun
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a bomb placed in a vehicle and wired to explode when the ignition is started, by remote control, or by a timing device.
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a vehicle containing explosives detonated by remote control or a timing device.
Etymology
Origin of car bomb
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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One group, Islamic Jihad, which is not related to the Palestinian organisation, was thought to be led by Imad Moughniyah, a top Hezbollah commander who was killed in a car bomb in Syria in 2008.
From Reuters ● Oct. 16, 2023
A Russian pro-war writer who was seriously injured in a car bomb on Saturday is out of a medically induced coma, his spokeswoman says.
From BBC ● May 7, 2023
His death was the most high-profile attack on a prominent war supporter inside Russia since August, when a car bomb killed Daria Dugina, the daughter of an ultranationalist Russian supporter of President Vladimir V. Putin’s.
From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2023
At an audience a day earlier at the Vatican, Francis had referred to a national Russian TV commentator who was killed by a car bomb in Moscow as a “poor girl.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2022
You wrote a book about the history of the car bomb, “Buda’s Wagon.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2022
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