improvised explosive device
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bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action
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Artillery shells rigged for an IED, discovered in Baghdad by the Iraqi Police (November 2005).An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. It may be constructed of conventional military explosives, such as an artillery shell, attached to a detonating mechanism. IEDs are commonly used as roadside bombs, or homemade bombs.
The term "IED" was coined by the British Army during the Northern Ireland conflict to refer to booby traps made by the IRA, and entered common use in the U.S. during the Iraq War.