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IED

abbr.
improvised explosive device
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IED

abbreviation for
(Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) improvised explosive device
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Noun1.IED - an explosive device that is improvised
I.E.D., improvised explosive device
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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The IED was recovered near an area where the weekly market is conducted.
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One IED exploded at the entrance of the mall and left 20 casualties.
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An unexpoded IED was found on the second floor of the mall that responding police and Army bomb experts detonated.
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A Pakistan Army captain was martyred and a soldier was critically injured during the process of neutralization when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off in Mohmand District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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'It was placed under the seat of the Lawin jeep and was found by soldiers,' Encinas told the Inquirer about the IED fashioned from 81 and 60 mm mortar rounds with a mobile phone as the triggering mechanism.
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