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car bomb

improvised explosive device designed to be detonated in vehicles used primarily to kill the occupants of the vehicle (often as an assassination) and as a means to damage targets outside the vehicle by parking or delivering
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car bomb
SPC Ronald Shaw Jr., U.S. Army · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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car bomb

Summary

car bomb is a weapon type[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • car bomb's instance of is recorded as weapon type[3].
  • car bomb is a type of improvised explosive device[4].
  • car bomb is used for car bombing[5].
  • car bomb's Commons category is recorded as Car bombs[6].
  • car bomb's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Car bombs[7].

Why It Matters

car bomb has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 22d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → vehicle-bombs
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: vehicle-bombs, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289966696|vehicle bombs (#289966696)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  2. 5w ago · ~2026-16412-18 · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → improvised explosive device
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||en, ru */"
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