Word info

Lockerbie

Speech parts

1. Lockerbie - Noun

2. Lockerbie - Proper noun

Meaning

A surname.

A town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland.


Lockerbie (plural Lockerbies)

A terrorist bomb attack on an aeroplane.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

A group of US senators attempts to investigate rumors that the Lockerbie bomber was released as part of a deal to allow BP to drill off the coast of Libya. Source: Internet

He added: ‘To the families of those who died in the sky above Lockerbie all those years ago, I know that the small step we take today cannot compensate for the sorrow you feel to this day. Source: Internet

Barr’s comments came on the 32nd anniversary of the Pan Am explosion over Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 259 people in the air and 11 on the ground. Source: Internet

GLASGOW, United Kingdom — Five senior judges on Thursday began deliberating their ruling in a posthumous appeal against the conviction of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Mohmet Al-Megrahi. Source: Internet

In May 2014 a group of relatives of the Lockerbie victims continued to campaign for al-Megrahi's name to be cleared by reopening the case. citation International response Immediate The attack was condemned by many countries. Source: Internet

New Lockerbie bombing charges expected, 32 years after Pan Am attack that killed 270U. Source: Internet

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