improvised explosive device

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

 * 1) An unconventional or amateur explosive weapon made from nonmilitary components, especially one used by guerillas, commandos or terrorists.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: самаробнае выбуховае прыстасаванне
 * Catalan: artefacte explosiu improvisat
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 簡易爆炸裝置, 土製炸彈, 應急爆炸裝置
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: omatekoinen räjähde
 * French: dispositif explosif improvisé; , engin explosif de circonstance
 * Georgian:
 * German: unkonventionelle Spreng- und Brandvorrichtung
 * Hebrew: מטען צד
 * Hungarian: rögtönzött robbanóeszköz
 * Irish: feiste phléascach sheiftithe
 * Italian: ordigno esplosivo improvvisato
 * Japanese: 即席爆発装置
 * Korean: 급조폭발물(急造爆發物)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: artefato explosivo improvisado
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: самоде́льное взрывно́е устро́йство
 * Slovak:
 * Swedish: improviserade sprängmedel
 * Turkish: doğaçlama infilak aygıtı, el yapımı patlayıcı
 * Ukrainian: саморо́бний вибухо́вий при́стрій
 * Vietnamese: thiết bị nổ tự chế