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" The only moral question with suicide bombing is who the target is. And in that sense, the suicide bomber is no different from the stealth bomber or the cruise missile. If it is targeted at civilian people, then it is morally wrong, whether done by Bush, Blair, or a suicide bomber."
George Galloway

Meaning of "suicide bombing" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SUICIDE BOMBING

ˈsuːɪˌsaɪd ˈbɒmɪŋ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUICIDE BOMBING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Suicide bombing 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 BOMBING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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 bombing in the English dictionary

The definition of suicide bombing in the dictionary is a terrorist bomb attack in which the perpetrator knows that he or she will be killed in the explosion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SUICIDE BOMBING

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUICIDE BOMBING

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUICIDE BOMBING

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «suicide bombing» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF SUICIDE BOMBING

Find out the translation of suicide bombing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of suicide bombing 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 bombing» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

自杀式炸弹袭击
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

atentado suicida
570 millions of speakers
en

English

suicide bombing
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

आत्मघाती बम विस्फोट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تفجير انتحاري
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

теракт
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

atentado suicida
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

আত্মঘাতী বোমা হামলা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

attentat suicide
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Pengeboman bunuh diri
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Selbstmordanschlag
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

自爆テロ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

자살 폭탄 테러
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Bombing bunuh diri
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vụ đánh bom tự sát
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

தற்கொலை குண்டுவீச்சு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

आत्मघाती बॉम्बफेक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Intihar bombacılığı
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

attentato suicida
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

zamach samobójczy
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

теракт
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

atentat sinucigaș
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βομβιστική επίθεση αυτοκτονίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

selfmoordbomaanval
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

självmordsbombning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

selvmordsbombing
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of suicide bombing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUICIDE BOMBING»

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

EXAMPLES

2 QUOTES WITH «SUICIDE BOMBING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word suicide bombing.
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George Galloway
The only moral question with suicide bombing is who the target is. And in that sense, the suicide bomber is no different from the stealth bomber or the cruise missile. If it is targeted at civilian people, then it is morally wrong, whether done by Bush, Blair, or a suicide bomber.
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A. B. Yehoshua
The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUICIDE BOMBING»

Discover the use of suicide bombing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to suicide bombing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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On Suicide Bombing
I want to ask: Why do people in the West react to verbal and visual representations of suicide bombing with professions of horror? Unimaginable cruelties perpetrated in secret or openly, by dictatorships and democracies, criminals and prison ...
Talal Asad, 2013
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My Life is a Weapon: A Modern History of Suicide Bombing
"--Jessica Stern, author of "Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill" "This engaging book brings us face to face with scores of determined activists who kill and die for God. Yet it is more than a series of portraits.
Christoph Reuter, 2004
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Simulation of Suicide Bombing: Using Computers to Save Lives
This book introduces BlastSim - a physics-based simulation platform to model and simulate suicide bombing events.
Zeeshan-Ul-Hassan Usmani, Daniel Kirk, 2011
4
The Business of Martyrdom: A History of Suicide Bombing
"The only comprehensive history available of suicide bombing from its origins in Imperial Russia to the current day, The Business of Martyrdom examines the bombers, their societies, and the organizations that train and sponsor them.
Jeffrey Lewis, 2012
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Fighting Suicide Bombing: A Worldwide Campaign for Life
Suicide bombers and terrorists represent the dawn of a third world war, and must be fought as enemy combatants, if peace is to be achieved.
Israel W. Charny, 2007
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Suicide Bombers: Allah's New Martyrs
What drives young men and women to become suicide bombers? This remarkable book, already a bestseller in Europe, provides some answers.
Farhad Khosrokhavar, 2005
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Erased in a Moment: Suicide Bombing Attacks Against Israeli ...
Who is a Civilian?
Joe Stork, 2002
8
Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism
For both policy makers and the general public, Dying to Win transcends speculation with systematic scholarship, making it one of the most important political studies of recent time. From the Hardcover edition.
Robert Pape, 2005
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The Banality of Suicide Terrorism: The Naked Truth About the ...
In this groundbreaking book, Nancy Kobrin dismantles the psychological dynamics of suicide terrorism to help the reader gain a new perspective on one of the most destructive forces the world has witnessed to date.
Nancy Hartevelt Kobrin, 2010
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Practicing Forgiveness: Aftermath of the First Suicide ...
The human consequences have recieved less attention. In her book, Practicing forgiveness: Aftermath of the First Suicide Bombing of an American Target - Beirut, Lebanon, Margaret Powell has weitten movingly about those human consequences.
Margaret Powell, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUICIDE BOMBING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term suicide bombing is used in the context of the following news items.
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Death Toll Rises to 120 in Islamic State Suicide Bombing in Iraq
BAGHDAD—The death toll from a massive Islamic State suicide bombing northeast of Baghdad rose to 120 on Saturday in what has become the group's ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
Suicide Bombing In Chad: Boko Haram Suspected, At Least 17 …
Security officers stand at the site of a suicide bombing organized by Boko Haram in Ndjamena, Chad, June 15, 2015. The jihadist group is suspected to be ... «International Business Times, Jul 15»
3
ISIS Claims Responsibility for Bombing at Saudi Mosque
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The Islamic State extremist group claimed responsibility Friday for a suicide bombing during midday prayer at a Shiite mosque in ... «New York Times, May 15»
4
Fort Riley suicide bombing plot: Was an FBI sting operation …
John T. Booker was arrested for attempting a suicide attack on Fort Riley military base. The actions were part of an extensive FBI sting operation, raising an ... «Christian Science Monitor, Apr 15»
5
Young girl suicide bomber kills seven in Nigeria
Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) - A girl thought to be as young as seven killed herself and seven others in a suicide bombing in northeast Nigeria as President Goodluck ... «Yahoo News, Feb 15»
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Nigeria college in Kontagora 'hit by suicide bombing'
A female suicide bomber has blown herself up at a college in northern Nigeria, ... This is the second suicide attack on a school this week - on Monday, 46 boys ... «BBC News, Nov 14»
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Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan Kills Three in Latest Attack
A Taliban suicide bomber near Afghanistan's capital struck a minibus carrying army officers Thursday morning, killing three military personnel and wounding ... «NBCNews.com, Oct 14»
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Lebanon suicide blasts hit Iran's embassy in Beirut
At least 22 people have been killed and more than 140 injured in a double suicide bombing outside the Iranian embassy in the Lebanese capital Beirut. «BBC News, Nov 13»
9
Mali conflict: 'First suicide bombing' in Gao
A suicide bomber has blown himself up in the northern Mali town of Gao - the first since French-led troops began their assault on Islamist militants. The attacker ... «BBC News, Feb 13»
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Guard killed, journalist hurt in suicide bombing at US Embassy in …
He had been guarding the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, as he'd done many other days -- with commitment and professionalism. She had gone there to have tea with ... «CNN, Feb 13»
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