suicide attack
Self-sacrificing violent strike
A suicide attack is a violent assault in which the attacker expects or intends to die in the act—typically by detonating explosives strapped to their body or driving a vehicle laden with bombs into a target.
The term covers both military and terrorist operations: The suicide attack on the barracks killed dozens.
The attacker trades their life for maximum damage, making defense particularly difficult.
- kamikazeReckless to fatal extremes
- terrorismIntimidation through targeted violence
- radicalizationShift toward extreme ideology
- car bombExplosive in automobile
- extremismIdeology beyond accepted norms
blast · detonation · martyrdom · self-immolation · shrapnel · fire · jihad · holy war · fedayeen · indoctrination · IED · religious extremism · fanaticism · smoke · jehadist · explosion · body count · soft target
- Terrorismterrorism, terror cell, bombing, bomb, terrorist
- military tacticstactics, flanking, maneuver, ambush, battle formations
suicide attackcommando raid
Secret military strike mission
surgical strike · guerrilla attack · ambush · reconnaissance mission · covert operation
suicide attackdrone strike
Remotely piloted aerial attack
artillery bombardment · missile strike · sniper attack · naval bombardment · air strike
suicide attackdefensive action
Act of warding off
peacekeeping mission · defensive position · retreat · surrender · defense
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