"suicide bomber" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsuːɪˌsaɪd ˈbɑmər/ [US], /ˈsuːɪˌsaɪd ˈbɒmə/ [UK] Forms: suicide bombers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} suicide bomber (plural suicide bombers)
  1. One who carries explosives on his or her body or in a vehicle and intends to detonate them (dying in the process) to kill people and inflict widespread damage, usually motivated by a political or religious cause. Wikipedia link: Suicide attack Categories (topical): Murder, Suicide Related terms: suicide bomb, suicide bombing, kamikaze, last full measure, martyr, seppuku, shaheed, terrorism Translations (one who carries explosives): مُهَاجِم اِنْتِحَارِيّ (muhājim intiḥāriyy) [masculine] (Arabic), زَارِع الأَلْغَام (zāriʕ al-ʔalḡām) [masculine] (Arabic), 自殺性爆炸 (Chinese Mandarin), 自杀性爆炸 (zìshāxìng bàozhà) (Chinese Mandarin), 自殺炸彈 (Chinese Mandarin), 自杀炸弹 (zìshā zhàdàn) (Chinese Mandarin), kamikazo (Esperanto), itsemurhapommittaja (Finnish), kamikaze [masculine] (French), თვითმკვლელი ტერორისტი (tvitmḳvleli ṭerorisṭi) (Georgian), Selbstmordattentäter [masculine] (German), Selbstmordattentäterin [feminine] (German), מחבל מתאבד (mekhabél mit'abéd) [masculine] (Hebrew), öngyilkos merénylő (Hungarian), pengebom bunuh diri (Indonesian), pembom bunuh diri (Indonesian), attentatore suicida [masculine] (Italian), 自爆テロ (jibaku-tero) (Japanese), бомбаш самоубиец (bombaš samoubiec) [masculine] (Macedonian), selvmordsbomber [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sjølmordsbomber [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sjølvmordsbombar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), homem-bomba [masculine] (Portuguese), atentator sinucigaș [masculine] (Romanian), terorist sinucigaș [masculine] (Romanian), террори́ст-сме́ртник (terroríst-smértnik) [masculine] (Russian), террори́стка-сме́ртница (terrorístka-smértnica) [feminine] (Russian), сме́ртник (smértnik) [masculine] (Russian), сме́ртница (smértnica) [masculine] (Russian), террори́ст (terroríst) [masculine] (Russian), террори́стка (terrorístka) [feminine] (Russian), челове́к-бо́мба (čelovék-bómba) [masculine] (Russian), hombre bomba [masculine] (Spanish), terrorista suicida [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), självmordsbombare [common-gender] (Swedish), intihar bombacısı (Turkish), canlı bomba (Turkish)

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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smértnik",
      "sense": "one who carries explosives",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сме́ртник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smértnica",
      "sense": "one who carries explosives",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сме́ртница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "terroríst",
      "sense": "one who carries explosives",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "террори́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "terrorístka",
      "sense": "one who carries explosives",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "террори́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čelovék-bómba",
      "sense": "one who carries explosives",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "челове́к-бо́мба"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who carries explosives",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hombre bomba"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who carries explosives",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "terrorista suicida"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who carries explosives",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "självmordsbombare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who carries explosives",
      "word": "intihar bombacısı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who carries explosives",
      "word": "canlı bomba"
    }
  ],
  "word": "suicide bomber"
}

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