Sentence examples for improvised explosive device from inspiring English sources

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improvised explosive device

noun

An unconventional or amateur explosive weapon made from nonmilitary components, especially one used by guerillas, commandos or terrorists.

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Everybody in the convoy was thinking I.E.D.: improvised explosive device.

Today the city is one giant improvised explosive device.

The Haqqani network is known to conduct improvised explosive device attacks.

4/06/2010 Pick up an Afghan lorry driver caught by an IED (improvised explosive device).

April 6 , 2009 AAH claimed responsibility for a roadside improvised explosive device in the 'Azamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq.

Improvised explosive device.

Ferreira had stepped on an IED, or improvised explosive device.

I never really liked the phrase "improvised explosive device".

By late February, a new threat emerged the improvised explosive device (IED).

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"No IED [improvised explosive device] was found and vehicle was destroyed".

Seconds later, an improvised explosive device was detonated just outside the mosque.

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