Definition of Parcel bomb

1. Noun. A thin explosive device inside an envelope or package and detonated when opened.

Exact synonyms: Letter Bomb, Package Bomb
Generic synonyms: Bomb
Derivative terms: Letter Bomb

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

parbakes
parbaking
parboil
parboiled
parboiling
parboils
parbreak
parbreaks
parbuckle
parbuckled
parbuckles
parbuckling
parc fermé
parcase
parcel
parcel bomb (current term)
parcel bombs
parcel of land
parcel out
parcel post
parceled
parceled out
parceling
parcellate
parcellated
parcellates
parcellating
parcellation
parcellations
parcelled

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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