mail bomb

American  

[meyl bom] / ˈmeɪl ˌbɒm /

noun

1. letter bomb.

2. Also email bomb a very large number of emails sent to a single email address or computer network, usually causing a server or system to crash.

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verb (used with or without object)

1. Also mail-bomb to send a mail bomb to (an email address or computer network).

Etymology

Origin of mail bomb

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Vance — whose father-in-law, a federal judge, was murdered by a mail bomb in 1989 — said she empathized with the Arbery family.

From Washington Post

That same week a Trump supporter sent a mail bomb to Soros' home, and other bombs to a dozen Trump critics.

From Salon

In 1989, her father-in-law and federal appellate judge Robert Vance, was murdered by a mail bomb.

From MSNBC

A potential mail bomb was sent to CNN last year, and others were sent to several other news organizations and prominent liberal donors and Democrats.

From Salon

Two South Carolina men — one of whom was already imprisoned — were sentenced to federal prison on Wednesday for conspiring to kill the ex-wife of one with a mail bomb.

From Fox News