improvised explosive device
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Reid lost both his legs and his right arm in 2009 from having stepped on an improvised explosive device in Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold which saw some of the conflict’s fiercest fighting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
It turned out that the driver whose car I was worried was a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device was just someone not paying attention to our convoy after a late night at work.
From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2025
As a soldier in a Gurkha regiment in the British army, Magar lost both his legs in Afghanistan when he accidently stepped on an improvised explosive device in 2010.
From Washington Times ● May 23, 2023
Former Royal Marine Mark Ormrod MBE, from Plymouth, suffered the catastrophic injuries when he stood on an improvised explosive device in 2007.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2022
The Bob Woodruff Foundation was started by the 60-year-old ABC journalist after he was seriously injured by an improvised explosive device while covering the war in Iraq in 2006.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2021
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