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improvised explosive device
(redirected from Homemade bomb)

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A device placed or fabricated in an improvised manner incorporating destuctive, lethal, noxious, pyrotechnic, or incendiary chemicals and designed to destroy, incapacitate, harass, or distract. It may incorporate military stores, but is normally devised from nonmilitary components. Also called IED.
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Noun1.improvised explosive device - an explosive device that is improvised
I.E.D., IED
explosive device - device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy
gasoline bomb, Molotov cocktail, petrol bomb - a crude incendiary bomb made of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and fitted with a rag wick
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday vowed to launch a sweeping effort to tackle the growing threat posed by homemade bombs in Afghanistan, the number one killer of US and NATO troops.
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