IED
n.— «The Marines, of course, are getting better and better at eyeballing these improvised explosive devices, as they call them, IEDs. But [the Iraqis] are very clever, too…in terms of how they create them.» —“Reporter: Marines in Fallujah appear ‘geared up’” by Scott Peterson CNN Apr. 27, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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