Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bomb squad

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English

Syllables: bom-b squad
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A division of a police force or the military responsible for safely defusing or detonating hazardous explosive devices.

noun

A group of players who are deemed surplus to requirements by the club and are excluded from the first-team squad training.

Example Sentences

"They isolate; they evacuate the area; and they call the bomb squad. We then go in and do our examination."
"Sam and the informant were quickly arrested, and the bomb squad defused the bombs."
"Discontent can brew among what is sometimes known within football as ‘the bomb squad’ – the cabal of players who have been ‘bombed out’ by the manager."

Etymology

From bomb + squad.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Law, Military.

Inflected Forms

bomb squads (plural)

Synonyms

bomb disposal unit EOD

Questions

What does bomb squad mean?: A division of a police force or the military responsible for safely defusing or detonating hazardous explosive devices.
Where does bomb squad come from?: From bomb + squad.

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