improvised explosive device
noun
a home-made explosive device designed to maim, harass, or kill: Abbreviation: IED
Words Nearby improvised explosive device
- improvisation
- improvisator
- improvisatory
- improvise
- improvised
- improvised explosive device
- improvvisatore
- imprudence
- imprudent
- impsonite
- impudence
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How to use improvised explosive device in a sentence
The military refers to such a weapon as a “surgically implanted improvised explosive device,” or SIIED.
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