Meanings
nounsuicide belt (plural suicide belts)
plural suicide belts
- A belt packed with explosives and armed with a detonator, worn by suicide bombers.
Synonyms: explosive belt
- A region with a high suicide rate.
One study focused on risk factors in the suicide belt. It found a population of "...middle-aged [W]hite men who are often socially isolated, unemployed, and have access to guns..."
2023, Lillian D. Burke, Barbara Weill, Public Health and Society: Current Issues (page 285)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA belt packed with explosives and armed with a detonator, worn by suicide bombers.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suicide belt,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suicide%20belt.
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