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IED

American  
  1. improvised explosive device: a homemade or makeshift bomb.

    car bombs and other IEDs.


IED British  

abbreviation

  1. improvised explosive device

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David Heathcote, an intelligence manager with security analysts McKenzie Intelligence, also suggested that the device appeared to be an IED.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2024

Producer-star Jennifer Lawrence plays Lynsey, an Army engineer returned from Afghanistan after suffering traumatic brain injuries from an IED explosion.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2022

“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

A Purple Heart recipient who was severely burned by an IED blast in Afghanistan, Brown posted a picture of himself saluting while in uniform along with the words “Freedom Isn’t Free.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2022

I used the IED metaphor because that's what this stage of the disease feels like: a war.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2022