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Definition of Parcel bomb
1. Noun. A thin explosive device inside an envelope or package and detonated when opened.
Definition of Parcel bomb
1. Noun. A bomb, disguised as a parcel, set to explode when unwrapped ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parcel Bomb
Literary usage of Parcel bomb
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Africa Half-hearted Reform: The Official Response to the Rising Tide by Mary McGovern, Bronwen Manby (1993)
"John Carl in, "SA security police implicated in parcel bomb killing," The
Independent March 3, 1992. 63 Richard Dowden, "Defector tells of system of murder ..."
2. Conspicuous Destruction: War, Famine, and the Reform Process in Mozambique by Human Rights Watch (Organization)., Human Rights Watch (Organization (1992)
"... expulsion from FRELIMO, and finally the assassination of Mondlane by a parcel
bomb on February 3, 1969. While FRELIMO officially accused the Portuguese ..."
3. World Report 2002: The Events of 2001 by Human Rights Watch (Organization (2002)
"ETA admitted that it had left a parcel bomb in an elevator in Lejona Campus of
the University of the Basque Country on December 18,2000. ..."
4. Patterns of Global Terrorism, 1997 edited by Christopher W. Ross (1998)
"Burma The explosion in April of a parcel bomb at the house of a senior official
in Burma's military-led government was the most significant terrorist event ..."
5. Black Student Politics, Higher Education & Apartheid: From SASO to SANSCO by Saleem Badat (1999)
"Other mobilisations were triggered by events such as the killing of Tiro, a
leading SASO activist in exile in Botswana, by a parcel bomb, the shooting of ..."
6. Human Rights Watch World Report 1998 by Human Rights Watch Staff (1997)
"Tin Oo, was killed when she opened a parcel bomb sent to their home. It was the
second bomb attack in four months; the first, on December 25,1996, ..."
7. Voices of Liberation by Ruth First, Don Pinnock (1997)
"The parcel bomb that had killed her sent shock waves around the world. In South
Africa, where her writing was banned, the news of her death was hardly ..."
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