letter bomb

See also: letterbomb

English

Noun

letter bomb (plural letter bombs)

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

Synonyms

• mail bomb

Translations

explosive device

• Danish: brevbombe
• Finnish: kirjepommi (fi)
• French: lettre piégée f
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• German: Briefbombe (de) f
• Spanish: carta bomba f
• Swedish: brevbomb (sv) c