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Meaning of "suicide attack" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SUICIDE ATTACK

suicide attack  [ˈsuːɪˌsaɪd əˈtæk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUICIDE ATTACK

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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Suicide attack is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SUICIDE ATTACK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

suicide attack

Suicide attack

A suicide attack is an attack upon a target in which an attacker intends to kill others and/or cause great damage, knowing that he or she will either certainly or most likely die in the process. Between 1981 and 2006, 1200 suicide attacks occurred around the world, constituting 4% of all terrorist attacks but 32% of all terrorism-related deaths. 90% of these attacks occurred in Iraq, Israel, Afghanistan, Pakistan or Sri Lanka. Modern suicide terrorism is the targeted use of self-destructing human beings against non-combatant—typically civilian—populations to effect political change. Although a suicide attack aims to destroy an initial target, its primary use is a weapon of psychological warfare intended to affect a larger public audience. The primary target is not those that are killed but those made to witness it. Although use of suicide attacks has occurred throughout history—particularly with the Japanese Kamikaze pilots of World War II—its main notoriety as a specific kind of attack began in the 1980s and involved explosives deliberately carried to the target either on the person or in a civilian vehicle and delivered by surprise.

Definition of suicide attack in the English dictionary

The definition of suicide attack in the dictionary is a terrorist attack which someone undertakes knowing that he or she will die in the attack.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SUICIDE ATTACK


attack
əˈtæk
Blu-tack
ˈbluːtæk
counterattack
ˈkaʊntərəˌtæk
Cuttack
kʌˈtæk
hardtack
ˈhɑːdˌtæk
haystack
ˈheɪˌstæk
nunatak
ˈnʌnəˌtæk
postattack
ˌpəʊstəˈtæk
reattack
ˌriːəˈtæk
restack
ˌriːˈstæk
retack
ˌriːˈtæk
smokestack
ˈsməʊkˌstæk
stack
stæk
tach
tæk
tack
tæk
thumbtack
ˈθʌmˌtæk
ticktack
ˈtɪkˌtæk
tie-tack
ˈtaɪˌtæk
unstack
ʌnˈstæk
untack
ʌnˈtæk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUICIDE ATTACK

sui generis
sui juris
suicidal
suicidally
suicide
suicide attempt
suicide bid
suicide bomber
suicide bombing
suicide note
suicide pact
suicide watch
suicidologist
suicidology
suid
suidian
suilline
suing
suint
suiplap

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUICIDE ATTACK

airborne attack
angle of attack
anxiety attack
arson attack
banzai attack
bilious attack
chimney stack
dictionary attack
ground attack
hard tack
heart attack
impingement attack
line of attack
on the wrong tack
panic attack
rocket attack
the attack
tie tack
tintack
torpedo attack

Synonyms and antonyms of suicide attack in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «suicide attack» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUICIDE ATTACK

Find out the translation of suicide attack to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of suicide attack from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «suicide attack» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自杀式袭击
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ataque suicida
570 millions of speakers

English

suicide attack
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आत्मघाती हमले
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

هجوم انتحاري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

теракт
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ataque suicida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আত্মঘাতী হামলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

attentat suicide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Serangan bunuh diri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Selbstmordanschlag
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自爆攻撃
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자살 공격
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Serangan bunuh diri
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tấn công tự sát
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தற்கொலை தாக்குதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आत्महत्या हल्ला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Intihar saldırısı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

attacco suicida
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

samobójczy atak
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

теракт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

atac sinucigaș
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επίθεση αυτοκτονίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

selfmoord aanval
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

självmordsattack
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selvmordsangrep
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of suicide attack

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUICIDE ATTACK»

The term «suicide attack» is regularly used and occupies the 73.116 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUICIDE ATTACK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «suicide attack» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «suicide attack» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about suicide attack

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUICIDE ATTACK»

Discover the use of suicide attack in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to suicide attack and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Countering Suicide Terrorism: An International Conference : ...
Benefits of the suicide attack for the terrorist organization Suicide attacks are attractive to terrorist organizations, as they offer them a variety of advantages: First - Suicide attacks result in many casualties and cause extensive damage. Second ...
‎2001
2
Root Causes of Suicide Terrorism: The Globalization of Martyrdom
It would have been more precise had Pape refrained from using the term suicide “terrorist” attack and instead used the more neutral label “suicide attack.” Indeed, the terms “suicide attack,” “suicide operation,” or “suicide mission” seem to be ...
Ami Pedahzur, Associate Professor of Government Ami Pedahzur, 2006
3
Suicide Terror: Understanding and Confronting the Threat
For example, the Park Hotel, in which 30 people were killed in a suicide attack, was chosen after the transporter and bomber drove around for 5 hours looking for a crowded location. They reached the hotel itself at the suggestion of the bomber  ...
Ophir Falk, Henry Morgenstern, 2009
4
Suicide as a Weapon
A Case Study In a suicide attack study Turkish Police worked on, it was found out that a young girl acting in the PKK terrorist organization had been assigned by the mentioned organization to commit a suicide attack. But she refused to commit  ...
‎2007
5
The Shahids: Islam and Suicide Attacks
2001). an attempted suicide attack in Binyamina (July 6. 2001). an attempted suicide attack in Haifa (July 22. 2001 ). an attempted suicide attack on a bus in Tel Teomin near Bet Shean (August 2. 2001). a suicide attack at the Wall Street ...
Shaʾul Shai, International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism (Israël).
6
The Axis Of Evil: Iran, Hizballah, And The Palestinian Terror
Suicide attack against an IDF convoy in Lebanon. On March 10, 1985, a suicide attack was perpetrated through the use of a GMC van loaded with some 100 kilograms of explosives. The latter was activated against an IDF convoy only a few ...
Shaul Shay
7
Innovations and Advances in Computer Sciences and Engineering
A suicide attack can be defined as a politically motivated and a violent-intended action, with prior intent, by one or more individuals who choose to take their own life while causing maximum damage to the chosen target. Suicide bombing has ...
Tarek M. Sobh, 2010
8
The New Terrorism: Islamist International
However, these preparations, in themselves do not turn the attack into a suicide attack. In some attacks, the terrorists are equipped with arms and explosives for blowing themselves up should the attack go wrong. Terrorists even carry cyanide  ...
D.P. Sharma, 2005
9
Suicide Bombings
∗'Deaths per suicide attack' refers to the minimum number killed. bombings on average are twelve times more lethal than other forms of terrorism.The greater destructive power is one of the main reasons that suicide terrorism has become a  ...
Professor of Sociology Riaz Hassan, Riaz Hassan, 2011
10
Terrorist Suicide Bombings: Attack Interdiction, Mitigation, ...
Even though the terrorist lived and went on to serve life sentences in an Israelijail , the attack was considered the first Palestinian suicide attack. The reason: the terrorist planned to die as part of his mission. Israeli security officials later noted ...
Mordecai Dzikansky, Gil Kleiman, Robert Slater, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUICIDE ATTACK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term suicide attack is used in the context of the following news items.
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27 killed in suicide attack on Kuwait mosque; Islamic State affiliated …
Twenty-seven people have been killed in a suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim mosque in ... A witness said the Kuwait City bombing happened when the Al-Imam ... «ABC Online, Jun 15»
2
Taliban launches suicide attack on Afghan parliament
The Taliban launched a suicide bombing and gunfire attack outside the Afghan parliament in Kabul on Monday that left two people dead and over two dozen ... «USA TODAY, Jun 15»
3
Jalalabad Suicide Attack: 36 Die As Bomber Hits Crowds Near Bank
At least 36 people were killed and more than 110 injured after a suicide attacker detonated a bomb near a crowd of workers lining up to withdraw their salaries in ... «NBCNews.com, Apr 15»
4
2 Kansas Men Charged in Suicide Attack Plot at Fort Riley
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A 20-year-old Topeka man was arrested and charged on Friday with plotting to detonate a suicide car bomb on the military base at Fort ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
5
Suicide Attacks on Pakistan Churches Kill 15
LAHORE, Pakistan — Suicide bombers attacked two Christian churches here during Sunday services, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens in the ... «New York Times, Mar 15»
6
Boko Haram Reaches New Low: Uses 10-Year-Old Girl as Suicide
This suicide attack came shortly after Boko Haram carried out what Amnesty International describes as the “deadliest massacre” in the terrorist group's history, ... «Slate Magazine, Jan 15»
7
Dozens killed in suicide attack at Pakistan-India border post
A suicide bomber targeted crowds attending a military parade on the Pakistan-India border on Sunday, killing at least 45 people and injuring more than 70. «The Guardian, Nov 14»
8
Triple suicide bombing hits Kurds in Iraq
A triple suicide attack tore through a Kurdish compound in eastern Iraq, killing at least 29 members of the security forces and wounding 88, according to hospital ... «Aljazeera.com, Oct 14»
9
Somalia car bomb suicide attack 'kills 12'
A suicide car bomber has killed 12 people in an attack aimed at African Union (AU) troops in Somalia, an official has said. A car laden with explosives was ... «BBC News, Sep 14»
10
Suicide attack on prison shatters Mogadishu calm
A high security prison that was attacked by Islamist militants in a suicide car bomb assault has been retaken by Somali government forces, according to reports. «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 14»

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