improvised explosive device

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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.

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: əldəqayırma partladıcı — explosive weapon — see also IED
• Belarusian: самаробнае выбуховае прыстасаванне (samaróbnaje vybuxóvaje prystasavannje) — explosive weapon — see also IED
• Catalan: artefacte explosiu improvisat — explosive weapon — see also IED
• Chinese Mandarin: 簡易爆炸裝置 /简易爆炸装置 (jiǎnyì bàozhà zhuāngzhì) — explosive weapon — see also IED
• Chinese Mandarin: 土製炸彈 /土制炸弹 (tǔzhì zhàdàn) — explosive weapon — see also IED
• Chinese Mandarin: 應急爆炸裝置 /应急爆炸装置 (yìngjí bàozhà zhuāngzhì) — explosive weapon — see also IED
• Finnish: omatekoinen räjähde — explosive weapon — see also IED
• French: dispositif explosif improvisé — explosive weapon — see also IED
• French: engin explosif improvisé — explosive weapon — see also IED
• French: engin explosif de circonstance — explosive weapon — see also IED
• German: unkonventionelle Spreng- und Brandvorrichtung — explosive weapon — see also IED
• Hebrew: מטען צד — explosive weapon — see also IED
• Hungarian: rögtönzött robbanóeszköz — explosive weapon — see also IED
• Irish: feiste phléascach sheiftithe — explosive weapon — see also IED
• Italian: ordigno esplosivo improvvisato — explosive weapon — see also IED
• Japanese: 即席爆発装置 (sokuseki bakuhatsu sōchi) — explosive weapon — see also IED
• Korean: 급조폭발물 (geupjopokbalmul) — explosive weapon — see also IED
• Polish: fugas — explosive weapon — see also IED
• Portuguese: artefato explosivo improvisado — explosive weapon — see also IED
• Russian: самоде́льное взрывно́е устро́йство (samodélʹnoje vzryvnóje ustrójstvo) — explosive weapon — see also IED
• Swedish: improviserade sprängmedel — explosive weapon — see also IED
• Turkish: doğaçlama infilak aygıtı — explosive weapon — see also IED
• Turkish: el yapımı patlayıcı — explosive weapon — see also IED
• Ukrainian: саморо́бний вибухо́вий при́стрій (samoróbnyj vybuxóvyj prýstrij) — explosive weapon — see also IED
• Vietnamese: thiết bị nổ tự chế — explosive weapon — see also IED