IED

Noun

Meaning

an explosive device that is improvised

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A suspected IED (improvised explosive device) was found by security forces in JandK's Bandipora district on June 13. Source: Internet

After stepping on an IED in Afghanistan, he lost part of his leg. Source: Internet

But he also found himself under attack: One after another, his friends were killed, and the entire right side of his body was injured in an IED explosion. Source: Internet

Iraqi sources reported Wednesday that a senior officer was killed in an IED blast in Salahuddine province, adding that the explosion also claimed two of his aides and destroyed his vehicle. Source: Internet

On April 21 Meir Feinstein and Lehi member Moshe Barazani blew themselves up, using an improvised explosive device (IED), hours before their scheduled hanging. Source: Internet

S. Army SPC Christopher Dale Abbott- As part of a U.S. Army Counter IED team (CIEDT) in Iraq in 2007-2008, he recorded 22 confirmed kills with a M24 7.62×51mm NATO rifle for a period of only 7 months before being injured and sent out of theater. Source: Internet

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