explosive belt
explosive belt noun: a belt packed with explosives and armed with a detonator, worn by a suicide bomber.
Noun
explosive belt (plural explosive belts)
- A belt packed with explosives and armed with a detonator, worn by a suicide bomber.
- The threat the most radical of them pose is evidently far greater at home than abroad: in one characteristically slick and chilling Isis video – entitled “a message to the Jordanian tyrant” – a smiling, long-haired young man in black pats the explosive belt round his waist as he burns his passport...2014 November 27, Ian Black, “Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- suicide belt
explosive belt meaning in Arabic
explosive belt in Arabic
- belt with explosives, worn by suicide bombers
- حِزَام نَاسِف ḥizām nāsif
Synonyms of explosive belt
Forms of explosive belt
| plural | explosive belts |
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Questions about explosive belt
- What does explosive belt mean?
- Explosive belt means a belt packed with explosives and armed with a detonator, worn by a suicide bomber.
- What is explosive belt in Arabic?
- Explosive belt in Arabic is حِزَام نَاسِف (ḥizām nāsif). See Explosive belt meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is explosive belt?
- Explosive belt is a noun.
- What is the plural of explosive belt?
- The plural of explosive belt is explosive belts.
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