IED

improvised explosive device: a homemade or makeshift bomb: car bombs and other IEDs.

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How to use IED in a sentence

Eighteen years old, and got hit with an IED his first month there.
Who Has the Right to Write About War? | Emily Gray Tedrowe | July 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
When we lost another officer to an IED late in the deployment, we shrugged our shoulders.
Mosul's Civilization and Its Discontents | Michael Carson | June 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Darryn had been traveling in a motorized patrol when the lead vehicle was hit by an IED.
The Army Lied About the Hero Who Died Looking for Bowe Bergdahl | Michael Daly | June 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
On August 18, an IED killed Private First Class Morris Walker and Staff Sergeant Clayton Bowen during a reconnaissance mission.
We Lost Soldiers in the Hunt for Bergdahl, a Guy Who Walked Off in the Dead of Night | Nathan Bradley Bethea | June 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
When a soldier is hit by an IED the gauge records the event.
How a Thumb-Sized Gauge Is Revolutionizing Traumatic Brain Injuries | Brian Castner | March 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

Penn′IED, possessed of a penny; Penn′iless, without a penny: without money: poor.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) | Various
Pott′le-bod′IED, having a body shaped like a pottle; Pott′le-deep, to the bottom of the tankard.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) | Various
Soft′-bod′IED, having a soft body; Soft′-con′scienced, having a sensitive conscience.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) | Various
You'll be pleased to know, Buck, that my Curly is engaged to be mar'IED to this du Chesnay colt.
Curly | Roger Pocock
Then he mar'IED a widow by mistake, which she had a forked tongue, a bad eye, and parted her ha'r on one side lookin' rather cute.
Curly | Roger Pocock

British Dictionary definitions for IED

IED

abbreviation for

improvised explosive device

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