suicide bomber

noun

1. Also called: homicide bomber. a terrorist who carries out a bomb attack, knowing that he or she will be killed in the explosion

Example Sentences

More than 700 people were also injured, as suicide bombers detonated explosives on three Tube trains and a bus.

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Pakistani officials said a suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives into a military convoy in the north-western tribal region of North Waziristan, near the border with Afghanistan, on Saturday.

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State media says a suicide bomber in Syria attacked a church filled with people near Damascus, the capital, killing at least 22 people and wounding 63.

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Attacks in April killed senior Somali military officials in a village 30km from Mogadishu, while several people died this month when a suicide bomber targeted an army recruitment centre in the capital.

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"Later he phoned me to say why he was late back and said 'I think I've just decked a suicide bomber'."

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