improvised explosive device

English

Alternative forms

• IED (abbreviation)

Noun

improvised explosive device (plural improvised explosive devices)

1. an unconventional or amateur explosive weapon made from nonmilitary components, especially one used by guerillas, commandos or terrorists.

Coordinate terms

• roadside bomb

Translations

explosive weapon — see also IED

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 簡易爆炸裝置／简易爆炸装置, 简易爆炸装置 (jiǎnyì bàozhà zhuāngzhì)

• Danish: vejsidebombe c
• Dutch: bermbom (nl)
• Finnish: omatekoinen räjähde
• French: (Canada) dispositif explosif improvisé m; (France) engin explosif improvisé (fr) m, engin explosif de circonstance m
• German: unkonventionelle Spreng- und Brandvorrichtung f
• Hebrew: מטען צד
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• Hungarian: robbanóeszköz
• Italian: ordigno esplosivo improvvisato m
• Japanese: 即席爆発装置 (そくせきばくはつそうち, sokuseki bakuhatsu sōchi)
• Portuguese: artefato explosivo improvisado m
• Russian: самоде́льное взрывно́е устро́йство n (samodélʹnoje vzryvnóje ustrójstvo)
• Spanish: bomba caminera f
• Swedish: improviserade sprängmedel c