suicide bombing

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   a terrorist bombing carried out by someone who does not hope to survive it

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Questions about suicide bombing

What does suicide bombing mean?

suicide bombing means "a terrorist bombing carried out by someone who does not hope to survive it".

Is suicide bombing a common word?

suicide bombing 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.