noun
an explosive device that is improvised
• Syn: ↑improvised explosive device, ↑I.E.D.
• Hypernyms: ↑explosive device
• Hyponyms: ↑Molotov cocktail, ↑petrol bomb, ↑gasoline bomb
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abbrev
Improvised explosive device
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improvised explosive device: a simple bomb that someone, especially a terrorist or guerrilla , has made themselves
Thesaurus: types of bomb, explosive or missilehyponym
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n. an improvised explosive device, such as a car bomb
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improvised explosive device (a bomb made and used by people who are not members of the military forces of a country)
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Various types of IED are being used in attacks on security forces.
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IEDs such as suicide and car bombs
Useful english dictionary. 2012.