mail bombs

Explosive package deliveries

Mail bombs are explosive devices sent through postal systems, designed to detonate when opened by the recipient.

The term also describes a cyberattack that floods someone's email inbox with massive volumes of messages, overwhelming the account and potentially crashing the server.

As a verb, to mail-bomb is to conduct either attack: Someone mail-bombed the journalist after her exposé.

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envelope · postal service · blast · packages · explosions · shrapnel · detonator · return address · firebombings · incendiary device · booby trap · emergency services · explosive device · forensic analysis · federal investigation · terrorism · domestic terrorism · fuse

Opposites
delivery method for attacks

mail bombsmelee attack

Blow dealt at close range

ambush · drive-by shooting

intent of mailed items

mail bombscare packages

Parcels of essentials sent

love letters · relief supplies · greeting cards · fan mail · charitable donations

covert vs. overt violence

mail bombsdeclared war

Formally announced military aggression

military engagement · frontal assault · public protest

Family

mail, bomb, mails, mailed, mailing, mailer, mailman, mailbox, bombs

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Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13