IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An explosive device that is improvised

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("improvised explosive device" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "improvised explosive device"):

gasoline bomb; Molotov cocktail; petrol bomb (a crude incendiary bomb made of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and fitted with a rag wick)