LETTERBOMB

Letter bomb

A letter bomb, also called parcel bomb, mail bomb or post bomb, is an explosive device sent via the postal service, and designed with the intention to injure or kill the recipient when opened. They have been used in terrorist attacks such as those of the Unabomber. Some countries have agencies whose duties include the interdiction of letter bombs and the investigation of letter bombings. The letter bomb may have been in use for nearly as long as the common postal service has been in existence, as far back as 1764 .

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letter bomb

Noun

  1. An explosive device sent through the post, triggered to explode when the letter or packet is opened.
  2. A virus contained within an email or similar file.


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