suicide bomber

US/ˈsuːɪˌsaɪd ˈbɑmər/UK/ˈsuːɪˌsaɪd ˈbɒmə/

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounsuicide bomber (plural suicide bombers)

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.

Translations

Arabic مُهَاجِم اِنْتِحَارِيّ, زَارِع الأَلْغَام
  • مُهَاجِم اِنْتِحَارِيّ (muhājim intiḥāriyy)one who carries explosives
  • زَارِع الأَلْغَام (zāriʕ al-ʔalḡām)one who carries explosives
Chinese Mandarin 自殺性爆炸 /自杀性爆炸, 自殺炸彈 /自杀炸弹
  • 自殺性爆炸 /自杀性爆炸 (zìshāxìng bàozhà)one who carries explosives
  • 自殺炸彈 /自杀炸弹 (zìshā zhàdàn)one who carries explosives
  • 人肉炸彈 /人肉炸弹 (rénròu zhàdàn)one who carries explosives
Esperanto kamikazo
  • kamikazoone who carries explosives
Finnish itsemurhapommittaja
  • itsemurhapommittajaone who carries explosives
French kamikaze
  • kamikazeone who carries explosives
German Selbstmordattentäter, Selbstmordattentäterin
  • Selbstmordattentäterone who carries explosives
  • Selbstmordattentäterinone who carries explosives
Hebrew מחבל מתאבד
  • מחבל מתאבד (mekhabél mit'abéd)one who carries explosives
Hungarian öngyilkos merénylő
  • öngyilkos merénylőone who carries explosives
Indonesian pengebom bunuh diri, pembom bunuh diri
  • pengebom bunuh dirione who carries explosives
  • pembom bunuh dirione who carries explosives
Italian attentatore suicida
  • attentatore suicidaone who carries explosives
Japanese 自爆テロ
  • 自爆テロ (jibaku-tero)one who carries explosives
Norwegian Bokmål selvmordsbomber, sjølmordsbomber
  • selvmordsbomberone who carries explosives
  • sjølmordsbomberone who carries explosives
Polish terrorysta samobójczy, terrorystka samobójcza
  • terrorysta samobójczyone who carries explosives
  • terrorystka samobójczaone who carries explosives
Portuguese homem-bomba, bombista suicida
  • homem-bombaone who carries explosives
  • bombista suicidaone who carries explosives
Romanian atentator sinucigaș, terorist sinucigaș
  • atentator sinucigașone who carries explosives
  • terorist sinucigașone who carries explosives
Russian террори́ст-сме́ртник, террори́стка-сме́ртница
  • террори́ст-сме́ртник (terroríst-smértnik)one who carries explosives
  • террори́стка-сме́ртница (terrorístka-smértnica)one who carries explosives
  • сме́ртник (smértnik)one who carries explosives
  • сме́ртница (smértnica)one who carries explosives
  • террори́ст (terroríst)one who carries explosives
  • террори́стка (terrorístka)one who carries explosives
  • челове́к-бо́мба (čelovék-bómba)one who carries explosives
Spanish hombre bomba, terrorista suicida
  • hombre bombaone who carries explosives
  • terrorista suicidaone who carries explosives
Swedish självmordsbombare
  • självmordsbombareone who carries explosives
Turkish intihar bombacısı, canlı bomba
  • intihar bombacısıone who carries explosives
  • canlı bombaone who carries explosives
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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