bomb squad

English

Etymology

From bomb +‎ squad.

Noun

bomb squad (plural bomb squads)

1. A division of a police force or the military responsible for safely defusing or 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.

Synonyms

• bomb disposal unit
• EOD unit

See also

• bomb disposal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia