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单词 car-bomb
释义

car-bombv.

Brit. /ˈkɑːbɒm/, U.S. /ˈkɑrˌbɑm/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: car bomb n.
Etymology: < car bomb n.
transitive. To attack or destroy by means of a car bomb.
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1973 Daily Mirror 12 Sept. 17 She is alleged to have been the leader of an IRA gang that car-bombed London last March.
1983 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 27 May Guerrillas of the African National Congress have claimed it car bombed the South Africa Air Force headquarters in Pretoria last Friday.
1993 R. Rucker et al. Mondo 2000 (U.K. ed.) 81/2 Recently they were in trouble for an MTV video showing their leader, Chuck D, car-bombing the governor of Arizona.
2005 C. L. Killinger Customs & Culture Italy ii. 65 The mafia..promptly retaliated by..car-bombing two Roman churches.

Derivatives

ˈcar-bombed adj.
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1974 G. MacEoin N. Ireland i. 30 A fear confirmed..by every car-bombed bank and supermarket in the city center.
2004 M. C. Miller Cruel & Unusual i. 42 The regime has ignored such deadly possibilities as a car-bombed oil refinery.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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