A belt fitted with explosives that are connected to a detonator, as worn by a suicide bomber.
he blew himself up with a suicide belt
Example sentencesExamples
- She detonated a suicide belt during the seven-hour police assault on the building.
- A small unit of militants, armed with Kalashnikov rifles and suicide belts, hit the prison just before sunrise.
- Six attackers died after detonating suicide belts and one was killed by police gunfire.
- Investigators say a suicide belt has been recovered.
- One of the attackers tried to enter the stadium but was rebuffed by security who discovered the suicide belt he was wearing.