bomb squad

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English

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Etymology

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From bomb +‎ squad.

Noun

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bomb squad (plural bomb squads)

  1. A division of a police force or the military responsible for safely defusing or detonating hazardous explosive devices.
    • 1978, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures, Tagging of Explosives: Hearings Before the Subcommittee..., page 181:
      They isolate; they evacuate the area; and they call the bomb squad. We then go in and do our examination.
    • 2015, Robert A Casper Sr., The FBI, a Vocation to Serve:
      Sam and the informant were quickly arrested, and the bomb squad defused the bombs.

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