car bomb

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   a bomb placed in a car and wired to explode when the ignition is started or by remote control or by a timing device

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Questions about car bomb

What does car bomb mean?

car bomb means "a bomb placed in a car and wired to explode when the ignition is started or by remote control or by a timing device".

Is car bomb a common word?

car bomb is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.