car bomb

noun

An automobile laden with a large amount of explosives, and used as a bomb primarily in order to cause external damage.

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Meanings

nouncar bomb (plural car bombs)

plural car bombs

  1. An automobile laden with a large amount of explosives, and used as a bomb primarily in order to cause external damage.
  2. An explosive device installed in an automobile with the primary purpose of killing the occupants of the car.
  3. slangFlatulence in an enclosed automobile.
  4. An alcoholic beverage made by dropping a shot of liquor into a glass of beer.

    Synonyms: boilermaker, depth charge

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn alcoholic beverage made by dropping a shot of liquor into a glass of beer.

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boilermakerdepth charge

Translations

Afrikaans motorbom
  • motorbomexplosive device installed in an automobile
Arabic سَيَّارَةٌ مُفَخَّخَةٌ
  • سَيَّارَةٌ مُفَخَّخَةٌ (sayyāratun mufaḵḵaḵatun)automobile made into a bomb
Bengali গাড়ি বোমা
  • গাড়ি বোমা (gaṛi bōma)automobile made into a bomb
Catalan cotxe bomba
  • cotxe bombaautomobile made into a bomb
Danish bilbombe, bilbombe
  • bilbombeexplosive device installed in an automobile
  • bilbombeautomobile made into a bomb
Dutch autobom, bomauto
  • autobomexplosive device installed in an automobile
  • bomautoautomobile made into a bomb
Finnish autopommi, autopommi
  • autopommiexplosive device installed in an automobile
  • autopommiautomobile made into a bomb
French voiture piégée
  • voiture piégéeautomobile made into a bomb
German Autobombe, Autobombe
  • Autobombeexplosive device installed in an automobile
  • Autobombeautomobile made into a bomb
Hebrew מכונית תופת
  • מכונית תופת (m'khonít tófet)automobile made into a bomb
Norwegian Bokmål bilbombe, bilbombe
  • bilbombeexplosive device installed in an automobile
  • bilbombeautomobile made into a bomb
Polish samochód-pułapka
  • samochód-pułapkaautomobile made into a bomb
Portuguese carro-bomba, carro-bomba
  • carro-bombaexplosive device installed in an automobile
  • carro-bombaautomobile made into a bomb
Russian автомоби́ль-бо́мба
  • автомоби́ль-бо́мба (avtomobílʹ-bómba)automobile made into a bomb
Spanish coche bomba, auto bomba
  • coche bombaautomobile made into a bomb
  • auto bombaautomobile made into a bomb
Swedish bilbomb
  • bilbombexplosive device installed in an automobile
Cite this entry
APA

car bomb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/car%20bomb

MLA

“car bomb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/car%20bomb. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “car bomb,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/car%20bomb.

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