satchel bomb
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An explosive device contained within a bag or satchel.
Example Sentences
- "On the evening of May 13, 1985, longstanding tensions between MOVE, a black liberation group, and the Philadelphia Police Department erupted horrifically. That night, the city of Philadelphia dropped a satchel bomb, a demolition device typically used in combat, laced with Tovex and C-4 explosives on the MOVE organization, who were living in a West Philadelphia rowhome known to be occupied by men, women, and children. It went up in unextinguished flames."