IED
Americanabbreviation
Example Sentences
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In 2007 I lost both my legs above the knee in an IED explosion in Iraq.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2023
He ended up serving three tours of the country, despite being seriously injured by an IED in the city of Basra in 2004.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2023
“You step on an IED in Afghanistan, and all of a sudden you’re in a wheelchair. How are you going to pay for that?”
From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2022
I used the IED metaphor because that's what this stage of the disease feels like: a war.
From Salon • Jan. 13, 2022
Lang lost his legs in 2011 after an IED went off, and spent nine months recovering at the Walter Reed Military Medical Center in Washington D.C.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2021
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