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IED

American

improvised explosive device: a homemade or makeshift bomb.

car bombs and other IEDs.

IED British

abbreviation

improvised explosive device

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He ended up serving three tours of the country, despite being seriously injured by an IED in the city of Basra in 2004.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2023

The former Palestine Hotel, Ferdous Square, the Green Zone, the airport road pockmarked by IED and machine-gun attacks have been landscaped or covered in fresh stucco and paint.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2023

Producer-star Jennifer Lawrence plays Lynsey, an Army engineer returned from Afghanistan after suffering traumatic brain injuries from an IED explosion.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2022

“You step on an IED in Afghanistan, and all of a sudden you’re in a wheelchair. How are you going to pay for that?”

From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2022

I used the IED metaphor because that's what this stage of the disease feels like: a war.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2022

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