improvised explosive device

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   an explosive device that is improvised

   SynonymsI.E.D.IED

   Broaderexplosive device

   NarrowerMolotov cocktail

Questions about improvised explosive device

What does improvised explosive device mean?

improvised explosive device means "an explosive device that is improvised".

What is another word for improvised explosive device?

Close synonyms include I.E.D., IED. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is improvised explosive device a common word?

improvised explosive device is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.