bomb squad

English

Etymology

bomb + squad

Noun

bomb squad (plural bomb squads)

  1. A division of a police force or army responsible for safely detonating hazardous explosive devices.
    • 1978, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures, Tagging of Explosives: Hearings Before the Subcommittee... (page 181)
      They isolate; they evacuate the area; and they call the bomb squad. We then go in and do our examination.
    • 2015, Robert A Casper Sr., The FBI, a Vocation to Serve
      Sam and the informant were quickly arrested, and the bomb squad defused the bombs.

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