suicide bombing
Fatal detonation attack
A suicide bombing is an attack in which the perpetrator detonates explosives while positioned to die in the blast, typically to maximize casualties or symbolic impact.
The tactic has been used by various militant and terrorist groups: The suicide bombing killed twelve people at the checkpoint.
A person who carries out such an attack is a suicide bomber.
- shrapnelScattered explosion fragments
- explosivesDetonating substances
- attackAggressive act against another
- soft targetUndefended vulnerable site
- vestSleeveless upper-body garment
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- Sri LankaSri Lanka, Ceylon, Colombo, Sinhalese, Tamils
- Terrorismterrorism, terror cell, terrorist, jihad, hijacking
- violenceviolence, physical attack, brutality, physical violence, aggression
- bombingsIED, firebombing, bunker buster, air raid, blitz
- killingshomicide, murder for hire, manslaughter, killing, assassination
- fanaticismfanaticism, zealotry, zealot, fanatic, extremism
suicide bombingremote detonation
Triggering explosives from afar
drone strike · artillery strike · landmine · booby trap · mortar attack
suicide bombingassassination
Murder of a prominent figure
targeted killing · sniper attack · guerrilla warfare · covert operation · sabotage
suicide bombingprecision strike
Targeted military attack
surgical strike · conventional warfare · peacekeeping · diplomacy · negotiation
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