What is the meaning of improvised explosive device?

(DoD, NATO) A device placed or fabricated in an improvised manner incorporating destructive, lethal, noxious, pyrotechnic, or incendiary chemicals and designed to destroy, incapacitate, harass, or distract. It may incorporate military stores, but is normally devised from nonmilitary components. Also called IED.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
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