suicide bomber
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- noun
- /ˈsuːɪˌsaɪd ˈbɑːmər/
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terrorista suicida
- In many acts of terrorism, the perpetrator is a suicide bomber.
- terrorists and suicide bombers
- suicide bombers attacked
- suicide bombers killed
It was one suicide bomber in a, in a SUV.
- It was one suicide bomber in a, in a SUV.
- So suicide bomber detonates near Abbey Gate.
- There's people moving and we assume those are the suicide bombers.
- We didn't learn the lesson of of putting up barriers against would be suicide bombers.
- So in his family, in his village, in his, you know, peer group, the suicide bomber is a hero.
- But in the hands of suicide bombers, the future can look quite different.
- One of the first suicide bombers in the Palestinian resistance were Christians.
- The New York Post ran a headline champion championing, quote UN quote, heroic Ukrainian suicide bomber.
- Their standard way to hit people really was IEDs and vehicle born IEDs suicide bombers.
Examples
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Forensic experts believe that six suicide bombers were responsible for the attack.
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This could very well be their next suicide bomber.
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But in the hands of suicide bombers, the future can look quite different.
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Yes, it is getting harder to find suicide bombers, and all the good ones are gone.
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We do not know why there was no perimeter defense set up that might have stopped the suicide bomber.
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The next day, a suicide bomber killed fifteen bus riders.
Academic text (2005) -
A few days later, a suicide bomber, apparently targeting the Huthis, struck a provincial medical center. Sa'da province
Academic text (2012) -
The argument that Israeli checkpoints humiliate Palestinians to such an extent that they become suicide bombers in retaliation is common.
Academic text (2015) -
In Victor's telling, suicide bombers are always "martyrs," and their recruiters, dispatchers, and helpers are "activists."
Academic text (2015) -
A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in a crowded market, causing numerous casualties.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'suicide' (the deliberate act of killing oneself) with 'bomber' (someone who uses bombs); a B1 learner who knows both words can infer this refers to a person who carries out a bombing and intends to die. This compound follows regular English composition patterns and has clear cross-linguistic parallels, so its sense is transparently predictable from its parts.
Etymology
Suicide bomber joins the words suicide (killing yourself) and bomber (someone who uses a bomb). The image is simple: a person who attacks with a bomb and dies doing it, so the term means 'a person who attacks with a bomb and intends to kill others and themselves'.