noun

• An upper-body garment packed with explosives that are connected to a detonator, as worn by a suicide bomber.

  ‘a terrorist detonated his explosive vest leaving nine dead and twenty-five wounded’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The bomber detonated an explosive vest.’
  • ‘A second bomber detonated an explosive vest in the same area, before two more suicide attacks hit the southwestern edge of the town.’
  • ‘A man wearing an explosive vest is said to have detonated his device shortly before a booby-trapped vehicle drove into the site.’
  • ‘The attackers all wore identical explosive vests.’
  • ‘He said seven attackers, all wearing explosives vests, died in the assault.’