car bombs
Deadly automotive devices
A car bomb is an explosive device placed in or under a vehicle, detonated to kill occupants or bystanders—a weapon associated with terrorism and assassination.
Separately, a car bomb is a drink where a shot glass is dropped into a larger glass of beer and consumed quickly: We did Irish car bombs at the pub.
The drink name references the explosive, with dark humor.
- explosivesDetonating substances
- terrorismIntimidation through targeted violence
- remote detonationTriggering explosives from afar
- attackAggressive act against another
- weaponInstrument for inflicting harm
improvised · vehicle · detonator · dead man's switch · shrapnel · blast radius · IRA · sectarian violence · ammonium nitrate · Belfast · guerrilla warfare · fatalities · booby traps · blasting cap · incendiary · Jameson · grenade · Baileys
- Irish HistoryGreat Famine, Easter Rising, Irish nationalism, Irish War of Independence, Irish Civil War
- War on TerrorOsama bin Laden, IED, Guantanamo, regime change, troop surge
- LebanonBeirut, cedars, cedar trees, Tyre, Tripoli
- eco-activismdirect action, eco-sabotage, eco-warriors, ecodefense, ecoterrorism
car bombsroadside bombs
Hidden explosives targeting vehicles
IEDs · landmines · suicide vests · letter bombs · aerial bombardment
car bombsbomb disposal
Neutralizing explosive devices
bomb defusal · peace treaties · ceasefires · disarmament · peacekeeping
car bombsmartinis
Gin-and-vermouth cocktails
wine · neat whiskey · craft cocktails · champagne · aperitifs
car, bomb, cars, carriage, carry, carrier, carried, carrying, cargo