car bomb

noun

: an explosive device concealed in an automobile for use as a weapon of terrorism

Examples of car bomb in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For the past two years, Mordisco’s group has also used drone attacks and car bombs, to respond to an offensive from the Colombian military in the Micay Canyon, a remote area covered with coca fields that is under the FARC-EMC’s grip. —ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026

Police in Northern Ireland on Sunday declared a security alert in the town of Dunmurry, on the outskirts of Belfast, after reports that a car bomb exploded near a police station. —CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026

Three car bombs—two in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and one in Mosul—killed at least twenty-six people. —Literary Hub, 27 Mar. 2026

To heighten security, sharpshooters were placed on rooftops, attendees passed through metal detectors, nearby businesses were closed, and the Shubert complex’s two lowest underground parking levels were blocked off due to the risk of car bombs. —Paul Grein, Billboard, 12 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for car bomb

• aplomb
• balaam
• cocom
• embalm
• islam
• pogrom
• salaam
• sitcom
• balm
• bom
• calm
• dom