Car bomb

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What Wikipedia says

A car bomb, bus bomb, van bomb, lorry bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), is an improvised explosive device designed to be detonated in an automobile or other vehicles.

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Image: SPC Ronald Shaw Jr., U.S. Army, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.