Sentence examples for I.E.D. from inspiring English sources

She's lost her son to an I.E.D.

Without looking up, one of the doctors said that he had been wounded by an I.E.D.

"We got called out for an I.E.D. that the Iraqi army found.

When I visited, in September, it had been two months since the last I.E.D. explosion.

Now that was more painful than the I.E.D. and way not what I was thinking was going to happen when she grabbed my blanket off me.

During one patrol, an improvised explosive device, or I.E.D., detonated near several company members; Hart wanted to find the attackers, who appeared to have taken cover nearby.

They also sow local roads with enough I.E.D.'s to keep government officials at home and to make clear that the territory is still contested.

In general over the last period of years, the formal Al Qaeda network's greatest tactical contribution to various violent groups and individuals has often involved bomb making expertise — most consequentially, I.E.D. tactics forged in Iraq and now employed by the Taliban.

Andrew Kinard, a Marine lieutenant, lost both legs in an I.E.D. attack two months into his first tour in Iraq, in 2006.

An I.E.D., or improvised explosive device, is the military's term for a roadside bomb, a favored weapon of the insurgents.

"Each time she added something, like an I.E.D. going off, or a plane flying over, I'd become more emotional.