SVBIED n.— «When you see what we call an SVBIED, a suicide vehicle born improvised explosive device, also known as a car bomb,…then you start thinking al-Qaeda in Iraq.» —“Flagging morale among coalition forces as Iraq war drags on” by Hamish...
blast n. an advertising or marketing message sent in bulk, especially via email. Etymological Note: This is a specialized extension of two more common meanings of blast, defined by the New Oxford American Dictionary as “a forceful attack or assault”...
mother of Satan n. the chemical triacetone triperoxide, used in the making of explosives. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
flash-bang n. an explosive device that emits noise and light but is not intended to cause damage. Editorial Note: Flash-bang grenade is the full, more common, form. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
flash bang n.— «Police Capt. Cunningham cited a December drug raid in which a woman was killed when a police diversionary explosive device, commonly known as a “flash bang,” was hurled into a rock house. Other officers, however, said a “flash bang”...
mother of Satan n.— «Palestinian radicals who have made TATP their explosive of choice call it the Mother of Satan, not only because of its power but because it can prove as dangerous to the bombers as it is to their targets.» —“Terrorist Link Seen...