bomber:

(plural: ‘bombers‘; pronunciation: the second ‘b’ in this word is silent)

an alleged bomber, Fernando Contreras, Mexico

 

a person who makes bombs and sets (puts) them (explosives) in buildings and other public places in order to kill other people and/or damage property… (may or may not be a terrorist) for money or political cause,

a young suicide bomber, showing off the explosives

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It has become a common place to see at least one suicide bomber killing him/herself and some people around him/her on the news on TV, the Internet or in any newspaper.

It is sad to learn that most of the suicide bombers are either young boys in their teens or women with children.

If interested to read about a very common piece of news these days — bombers, please click here, and for an interesting article on the origin of the ‘bomber jacket’, please click here.

a bomber, an aircraft dropping bombs on enemies

 

A more common meaning is a ‘military aircraft (aeroplane) that carries and drops bombs on enemies’.

 

bomber sandwich

 

‘Bomber’ is also used for a kind of large sandwich.

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