parcel bomb

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   a thin explosive device inside an envelope or package and detonated when opened

   Synonymsletter bombpackage bomb

   Broaderbomb

Questions about parcel bomb

What does parcel bomb mean?

parcel bomb means "a thin explosive device inside an envelope or package and detonated when opened".

What is another word for parcel bomb?

Close synonyms include letter bomb, package bomb. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is parcel bomb a common word?

parcel bomb is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.