An explosive device hidden in a small package and sent to someone with the intention of harming or killing them.
邮件炸弹（藏在小包裹里图谋伤害或杀害收信人的爆炸装置）
as modifierletter bomb attacks
Example sentencesExamples
More than 100 officers worked on the hunt for McAuliffe, who was arrested three weeks after the first letter bomb was delivered early in September.
Striking firemen have been warned to watch out for letter bombs after three Yorkshire men received devices through the post.
They were also warned to beware of letter bombs and ‘shooting attacks’.
Over a period of five to seven years, particular tactics, such as arson attacks and letter bombs, come to the fore, run their course, then fade away.
A third letter bomb was discovered before it blew up.
On the letter bomb front, army bomb disposal experts were called on to disarm a letter bomb sent to an unnamed agricultural business and a farm.
He also alleged that letter bombs had been sent to his home over the years by ‘sinister forces’.
Four weeks ago, a letter bomb addressed to Mr Attwood was sent to the Belfast headquarters of the Policing Board.
In the 1998 mail bomb explosion at the Canberra Mail Centre two postal workers were seriously injured when a letter bomb exploded during the normal sorting of mail.
A letter bomb would be quite heavy, with a thickness of more than 3 cm and dimensions of at least 10 by 15 cm.
This article describes an anarchist letter bomb of 1919.
The CIA had trained their field agents to recognize letter bombs and other forms of covert technology, but nothing from Jack's training raised red flags about this envelope.
After a woman is killed by a letter bomb, Goren and Eames find someone is going through great lengths to discredit an organization called the Foundation.
The identity of the American Unabomber was assisted by the analysis of saliva left on a letter bomb he sent that did not explode.
Definition of letter bomb in US English:
letter bomb
nounˈledər ˌbämˈlɛdər ˌbɑm
An explosive device hidden in a small package and sent to someone with the intention of harming or killing them.
邮件炸弹（藏在小包裹里图谋伤害或杀害收信人的爆炸装置）
as modifierletter bomb attacks
Example sentencesExamples
After a woman is killed by a letter bomb, Goren and Eames find someone is going through great lengths to discredit an organization called the Foundation.
He also alleged that letter bombs had been sent to his home over the years by ‘sinister forces’.
A letter bomb would be quite heavy, with a thickness of more than 3 cm and dimensions of at least 10 by 15 cm.
A third letter bomb was discovered before it blew up.
This article describes an anarchist letter bomb of 1919.
Over a period of five to seven years, particular tactics, such as arson attacks and letter bombs, come to the fore, run their course, then fade away.
The identity of the American Unabomber was assisted by the analysis of saliva left on a letter bomb he sent that did not explode.
On the letter bomb front, army bomb disposal experts were called on to disarm a letter bomb sent to an unnamed agricultural business and a farm.
In the 1998 mail bomb explosion at the Canberra Mail Centre two postal workers were seriously injured when a letter bomb exploded during the normal sorting of mail.
Four weeks ago, a letter bomb addressed to Mr Attwood was sent to the Belfast headquarters of the Policing Board.
More than 100 officers worked on the hunt for McAuliffe, who was arrested three weeks after the first letter bomb was delivered early in September.
Striking firemen have been warned to watch out for letter bombs after three Yorkshire men received devices through the post.
The CIA had trained their field agents to recognize letter bombs and other forms of covert technology, but nothing from Jack's training raised red flags about this envelope.
They were also warned to beware of letter bombs and ‘shooting attacks’.