Lockerbie

British  

/ ˈlɒkəbɪ /

noun

1. a town in SW Scotland, in Dumfries and Galloway: scene (1988) of the UK's worst air disaster when a jumbo jet was brought down by a terrorist bomb, killing 270 people, including eleven residents of the town

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Example Sentences

At the Justice Department, Mueller prosecuted Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega and the perpetrators of the Lockerbie bombing.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dunblane occupies a similar place to Lockerbie in the Scottish memory.

From BBC

Just as the hunt for the Lockerbie bombers became a global legal and political affair, how the families and allies of the Dunblane victims responded to the tragedy changed the UK and its relationship with guns.

From BBC

It joined Dunblane, Aberfan and Lockerbie, and later Southport, as towns forever associated with tragedy.

From BBC

A Libyan man accused of building the device used in the Lockerbie bombing has appeared in a US court as his lawyers attempt to stop his alleged confession being used as evidence at his trial.

From BBC