Suicide bombing meaning in English

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Definition

a (suicide) bombing: a (suicide) weapon explosion idiom

Examples

"Coming from a long lineage of pilots, Donny Dare's passion for flying started at the age of five, when he accompanied his father on bombing missions for the RAF during World War II."
"Hurricane Vanessa continues to wreak havoc all over the American Southeast, another suicide bombing on Mount Placid has caused panic in the Middle East, a new outbreak of avian flu is devastating the chicken industry in Ethiopia."

Exercise 1

Moira reviews today's top news stories during the broadcast.

Choose all the correct statements from the list below.

There may be more than one correct answer!

A hurricane is causing major damage in a region of the United States.

The chicken industry in Ethiopia is doing well despite the bird flu.

There has been another terrorist attack in the Middle East.

Moira reviews today's top news stories during the broadcast.

Choose all the correct statements from the list below.

There may be more than one correct answer!

A hurricane is causing major damage in a region of the United States.

Moira says "Hurricane Vanessa continues to wreak havoc all over the American Southeast". The expression "to wreak havoc" means to "disrupt", "damage" or "destroy" something. The expression "to wreak havoc" is often used to describe the negative effects of a disaster (such as a hurricane), although the expression can be used in other contexts: The virus wreaked havoc on our computer systems. The "American Southeast" is a region comprising of Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida.

The chicken industry in Ethiopia is doing well despite the bird flu.

Moira says that "a new outbreak of avian flu is devastating the chicken industry in Ethiopia". If something is "devastated", it is "ruined" or "destroyed". Moira says that the chicken industry has been destroyed as a result of the avian flu, and not despite (or regardless) of it.

There has been another terrorist attack in the Middle East.

Moira reports that there has been another "suicide bombing" in the Middle East. A suicide bomber is someone who attaches a bomb or explosive device to themselves in order to cause an explosion in a public place. Suicide bombings are frequent in the middle east and are considered terrorist attacks.

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