bombmakers

Devise destructive devices

Bombmakers are people who construct explosive devices.

The term appears in news coverage of terrorism, warfare, and criminal investigations: Bombmakers supplied the insurgents with IEDs.

It can also describe legitimate manufacturers of military ordnance, though that usage is less common.

historical

dynamite

Powerful blasting compound

saboteur · partisan · underground · clandestine · guerrilla · fuse · powder keg · nitroglycerine · clockwork · plot

terrorism

IED

Makeshift explosive weapon

radicalization · jihadi · extremist · plot · timer · triggerman · vest · suicide · sleeper · network

military

ordnance

Military weapons collectively

demolitions · sapper · EOD · warhead · artillery · mine · grenade · mortar · fuse · propellant

Opposites
creation vs. destruction of weapons

bombmakersdefusers

Those who neutralize explosives

disarmers · weapons inspectors · sappers

violence vs. peace

bombmakerspeacemakers

Those who resolve conflicts

peacekeepers · peace activists · pacifists · mediators · diplomats

harm vs. protection

bombmakerslifesavers

Rescuers or ring candies

first responders · emergency medical technicians · paramedics · healers · trauma surgeons

Family

bombmaker

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13