Phrase guide

suicide bomber

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • US: /ˈsuːɪˌsaɪd ˈbɑmər/
  • UK: /ˈsuːɪˌsaɪd ˈbɒmə/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

One who carries explosives on his or her body or in a vehicle and intends to detonate them (dying in the process) to kill people and inflict widespread damage, usually motivated by a political or religious cause.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a terrorist who blows himself up in order to kill or injure other people

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: terrorist

Narrower terms: kamikaze

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُهَاجِم اِنْتِحَارِيّ (muhājim intiḥāriyy) — one who carries explosives
  • Arabic: زَارِع الأَلْغَام (zāriʕ al-ʔalḡām) — one who carries explosives
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自殺性爆炸 /自杀性爆炸 (zìshāxìng bàozhà) — one who carries explosives
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自殺炸彈 /自杀炸弹 (zìshā zhàdàn) — one who carries explosives
  • Esperanto: kamikazo — one who carries explosives
  • Finnish: itsemurhapommittaja — one who carries explosives
  • French: kamikaze — one who carries explosives
  • Georgian: თვითმკვლელი ტერორისტი (tvitmḳvleli ṭerorisṭi) — one who carries explosives
  • German: Selbstmordattentäter — one who carries explosives
  • German: Selbstmordattentäterin — one who carries explosives
  • Hebrew: מחבל מתאבד (mekhabél mit'abéd) — one who carries explosives
  • Hungarian: öngyilkos merénylő — one who carries explosives
  • Indonesian: pengebom bunuh diri — one who carries explosives
  • Indonesian: pembom bunuh diri — one who carries explosives
  • Italian: attentatore suicida — one who carries explosives
  • Japanese: 自爆テロ (jibaku-tero) — one who carries explosives
  • Macedonian: бомбаш самоубиец (bombaš samoubiec) — one who carries explosives
  • Norwegian Bokmål: selvmordsbomber — one who carries explosives
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sjølmordsbomber — one who carries explosives
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sjølvmordsbombar — one who carries explosives
  • Polish: terrorysta samobójczy — one who carries explosives
  • Polish: terrorystka samobójcza — one who carries explosives
  • Portuguese: homem-bomba — one who carries explosives
  • Portuguese: bombista suicida — one who carries explosives
  • Romanian: atentator sinucigaș — one who carries explosives
  • Romanian: terorist sinucigaș — one who carries explosives
  • Russian: террори́ст-сме́ртник (terroríst-smértnik) — one who carries explosives
  • Russian: террори́стка-сме́ртница (terrorístka-smértnica) — one who carries explosives
  • Russian: сме́ртник (smértnik) — one who carries explosives
  • Russian: сме́ртница (smértnica) — one who carries explosives
  • Russian: террори́ст (terroríst) — one who carries explosives
  • Russian: террори́стка (terrorístka) — one who carries explosives
  • Russian: челове́к-бо́мба (čelovék-bómba) — one who carries explosives
  • Spanish: hombre bomba — one who carries explosives
  • Spanish: terrorista suicida — one who carries explosives
  • Swedish: självmordsbombare — one who carries explosives
  • Turkish: intihar bombacısı — one who carries explosives
  • Turkish: canlı bomba — one who carries explosives