car bomb
noun
: an explosive device concealed in an automobile for use as a weapon of terrorism
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Piera went to the police the next day and turned herself in with Nicolò’s sister Rita, and the two went on to work with anti-mafia judge Paolo Borsellino as state’s witnesses until he was killed by a car bomb in 1992. 
Barbie Nadeau, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2022 Hours after Simonyan’s park stroll, another strident pro-war propagandist, Daria Dugina, was killed by a car bomb in a Moscow suburb. Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2022 Separately, Russia has opened a murder investigation after the daughter of influential, ultra-nationalist philosopher Alexander Dugin was killed by a car bomb outside Moscow. Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 22 Aug. 2022 Daria Dugina, 29, the daughter of a famous nationalist and herself a hawk, was killed by a car bomb late Saturday, with official news outlets blaming Ukraine and its Western backers. New York Times, 21 Aug. 2022 Daria Dugina, 29, the daughter of a famous nationalist and herself a hawk, was killed by a car bomb late Saturday, with official news outlets blaming Ukraine and its Western backers. BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022 His assistant, Pavel Slobodchikov, was shot and killed in his vehicle, and another official, Dmytry Savluchenko, was killed by a car bomb. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2022 Her latest boyfriend, a British intelligence officer, was killed by a car bomb last season, leaving her soon-to-be second child also fatherless. Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 9 June 2022 Once the remotely operated car bomb went off, Vovk, according to the F.S.B., changed the license plates on her car and left the country via the land crossing to Estonia. Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2022 See More
Barbie Nadeau, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2022 Hours after Simonyan’s park stroll, another strident pro-war propagandist, Daria Dugina, was killed by a car bomb in a Moscow suburb. Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2022 Separately, Russia has opened a murder investigation after the daughter of influential, ultra-nationalist philosopher Alexander Dugin was killed by a car bomb outside Moscow. Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 22 Aug. 2022 Daria Dugina, 29, the daughter of a famous nationalist and herself a hawk, was killed by a car bomb late Saturday, with official news outlets blaming Ukraine and its Western backers. New York Times, 21 Aug. 2022 Daria Dugina, 29, the daughter of a famous nationalist and herself a hawk, was killed by a car bomb late Saturday, with official news outlets blaming Ukraine and its Western backers. BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022 His assistant, Pavel Slobodchikov, was shot and killed in his vehicle, and another official, Dmytry Savluchenko, was killed by a car bomb. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2022 Her latest boyfriend, a British intelligence officer, was killed by a car bomb last season, leaving her soon-to-be second child also fatherless. Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 9 June 2022 Once the remotely operated car bomb went off, Vovk, according to the F.S.B., changed the license plates on her car and left the country via the land crossing to Estonia. Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1923, in the meaning defined above