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mail bomb

noun

Meaning

  1. An explosive device sent through the post; a letter bomb or parcel bomb.
  2. A large number of e-mails sent to one destination, or an e-mail with a very large attachment, as a denial-of-service attack.
  3. To send a mail bomb (in either sense)

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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