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Unabomber

/ˈjuːnəbɒmər/

Unabomber proper noun: ted Kaczynski, the perpetrator of mail bomb attacks in America between 1978 and 1994, so named by the media.

Proper noun

the Unabomber

  1. Ted Kaczynski, the perpetrator of mail bomb attacks in America between 1978 and 1994, so named by the media.
    • Based on the Unabomber’s manifesto, the smash movie of twenty thirty-four will be Barbarians in the Gates, the autobiographical return-to-nature philosophy of Bill Gates, Jr. Starring Oscar-winner, actor Cody Gifford.2000 January 1, Roxanne Roberts, “Wait Wait...Don’t Tell Me!”, in National Public Radio
    • As a piece of writing, the rambling and often contradictory manifesto has the pathos of the Unabomber manifesto but lacks the ideological coherency.2023 October 28, Elizabeth Spiers, “A Tech Overlord’s Horrifying, Silly Vision for Who Should Rule the World”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 30 Oct 2023

Origin of Unabomber

From University and Airline Bomber, a name assigned by the FBI.

Questions about Unabomber

What does Unabomber mean?
Unabomber means ted Kaczynski, the perpetrator of mail bomb attacks in America between 1978 and 1994, so named by the media.
What part of speech is Unabomber?
Unabomber is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Unabomber?
Unabomber is pronounced /ˈjuːnəbɒmər/.

Words near Unabomber in the dictionary

  1. unabolish
  2. unabolishable
  3. unabolished
  4. unabolishes
  5. unabolishing
  6. Unabomber
  7. unabort
  8. unaborted
  9. unaborting
  10. unabortive
  11. unaborts

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