improvised explosive device

English

Alternative forms

• IED (abbreviation)

Etymology

As a descriptive term, appearing in the early 20th century. In the narrower sense describing weapons of irregulars and terrorists, popularized in the British Army during the Troubles and in the US during the Iraq War.

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

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: самаробнае выбуховае прыстасаванне n (samaróbnaje vybuxóvaje prystasavannje)
• Catalan: artefacte explosiu improvisat m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 簡易爆炸裝置／简易爆炸装置 (jiǎnyì bàozhà zhuāngzhì), 土製炸彈／土制炸弹 (tǔzhì zhàdàn), 應急爆炸裝置／应急爆炸装置 (yìngjí bàozhà zhuāngzhì)

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: omatekoinen räjähde
• French: (Canada) dispositif explosif improvisé m; (France) engin explosif improvisé (fr) m, engin explosif de circonstance m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: unkonventionelle Spreng- und Brandvorrichtung f
• Hebrew: מטען צד
• Hungarian: rögtönzött robbanóeszköz
• Irish: feiste phléascach sheiftithe f
• 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)
• Korean: 급조폭발물(急造爆發物) (geupjopokbalmul)
• Polish: fugas (pl) m
• Portuguese: artefato explosivo improvisado m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: самоде́льное взрывно́е устро́йство n (samodélʹnoje vzryvnóje ustrójstvo)
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: improviserade sprängmedel c
• Turkish: doğaçlama infilak aygıtı, el yapımı patlayıcı
• Ukrainian: саморо́бний вибухо́вий при́стрій m (samoróbnyj vybuxóvyj prýstrij)
• Vietnamese: thiết bị nổ tự chế