Improvised explosive device – classification of bombs produced in unconventional ways or using unconventional materials; includes explosives such as the barrel bomb, nail bomb, pipe bomb, pressure cooker bomb, fertilizer bomb, and Molotov cocktail
Frequently used in the phrase “ drop the X -bomb”, as in drop the f-bomb, meaning “ use (the word in question)”. When used as a euphemism marker, the letter may be capitalized or not; when used for nuclear weapons, the letter is always capitalized.
A bomb is a device carrying an explosive charge that is fused to detonate under certain conditions (as upon impact) and that is either dropped (as from an airplane) or set into position at a given point.
Bombers have targeted a police station in Northern Ireland for the second time in less than a month.
The term "bomb" is not usually applied to explosive devices used for civilian purposes such as construction or mining, although people using such a device may sometimes call it a bomb. Military use of the term "aerial bomb" typically refers to an airdropped, unpowered explosive weapon.
Bombs come in many different shapes and sizes, from small like a grenade to huge like a thermonuclear warhead. Check out what the inside of a bomb looks like.
The incident comes weeks after an attempted bomb attack at a Police Service of Northern Ireland station in Lurgan, World News, Times Now
Police in Northern Ireland declared a security alert in the town of Dunmurry, on the outskirts of Belfast, after reports that a car bomb exploded near a police station.