bomb disposal
Neutralizing dangerous ordnance
Bomb disposal is the detection, removal, and neutralization of explosive devices.
Military and police bomb disposal units handle everything from unexploded wartime ordnance to terrorist threats.
The work requires specialized training and equipment: The bomb disposal team cleared the building before attempting to defuse the device.
- defusingNeutralizing an explosive device
- wire cuttersTool for severing metal strands
- controlled detonationIntentional explosion under supervision
- blast radiusArea affected by explosion
- landmineBuried pressure-activated explosive
red wire · cut the wire · grenade · unexploded ordnance · robot · counterterrorism · tripwire · evacuation procedures · simulation exercises · protective gloves · detection dogs · suspicious package · military engineer · detonator · plastic explosive · special forces · incendiary device · disarm
- IDFIDF, soldiers, army, military service, recruits
- dangerous jobsfirefighting, crab fishing, offshore drilling, oil rigs, coal mining
- risksrisk, gamble, bet, wager, chance it
- Bomb DisposalEOD, blast suit, defusing, disarming, controlled detonation
- bomb expertsdeminer
- counterterrorismDelta Force, raid, Navy SEALs, SAS, intelligence gathering
bomb disposalbombmaking
Constructing explosive devices
terrorism · sabotage · arson · demolition · mining
bomb disposalbombing
Attack with explosives
bombardment · detonation · blasting · air strike · shelling