hostile vehicle

plural hostile vehicles · alternative hostile-vehicle

1. attributiveusuallya vehicle being used as an improvised weapon, intending to ram people or structures or deliver a bomb

   2017 Australia-New Zealand Counter-Terrorism Committee "Hostile vehicle guidelines for crowded places" Recent terrorist incidents and violent extremist propaganda demonstrate that hostile vehicle attacks continue to be of interest to violent extremists globally

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   there are some new benches (which also double up as hostile-vehicle barriers)

   2024 September 12, Oliver Wainwright, “Total bollards: the iconic ‘eco-Blade Runner’ roundabout that became a grim £132m ‘abomination’”, in The Guardian