SUICIDE BOMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does suicide bomber mean? 

• SUICIDE BOMBER (noun)
  The noun SUICIDE BOMBER has 1 sense:

1. a terrorist who blows himself up in order to kill or injure other people

  Familiarity information: SUICIDE BOMBER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUICIDE BOMBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A terrorist who blows himself up in order to kill or injure other people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("suicide bomber" is a kind of...):

terrorist (a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities)

Domain category:

act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "suicide bomber"):

kamikaze (a pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash)