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IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does improvised explosive device mean?

• IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE (noun)
The noun IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE has 1 sense:

1. an explosive device that is improvised

Familiarity information: IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An explosive device that is improvised

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

I.E.D.; IED; improvised explosive device

Hypernyms ("improvised explosive device" is a kind of...):

explosive device (device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "improvised explosive device"):

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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