I.E.D.

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An explosive device that is improvised

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("I.E.D." is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "I.E.D."):

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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