IEDnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌaɪ.iːˈdiː/us/ˌaɪ.iːˈdiː/abbreviation for improvised explosive device: a type of bomb made and used by people who are not members of an official army, etc.:
Their truck was blown up by an IED.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Bombs & missiles
- atom bomb
- ballistic
- ballistic missile
- ballistics
- bomblet
- firebomb
- frag bomb
- fragmentation bomb
- grenade
- guided missile
- missile
- Molotov cocktail
- mushroom cloud
- napalm
- neutron bomb
- smart bomb
- smoke bomb
- surface-to-air missile
- time bomb
- torpedo
See more results »