bomb squad
noun
: a group of people who have the job of preventing bombs from causing damage or injury
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Mike Grimes, bomb squad commander for the Butler County Sheriff’s Office, told McClatchy News in a phone interview that they were treated as a potential threat until an X-ray showed there was no powder or explosives inside the projectiles.
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Rhiannon Saegert, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2025
Greene shared surveillance video appearing to show a bomb squad officer examining the mailbox outside of her home.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
The police’s bomb squad and FBI apprehend or kill most of the terrorists and capture 14 canisters of the chemical weapon attached to the U.N. building’s air vents, but Markus escapes and puts the final canister inside the HVAC system of a nearby hotel.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
The fourth device was located at the marsh and destroyed by the Stamford bomb squad.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2025
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Rhiannon Saegert, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2025
Greene shared surveillance video appearing to show a bomb squad officer examining the mailbox outside of her home.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
The police’s bomb squad and FBI apprehend or kill most of the terrorists and capture 14 canisters of the chemical weapon attached to the U.N. building’s air vents, but Markus escapes and puts the final canister inside the HVAC system of a nearby hotel.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
The fourth device was located at the marsh and destroyed by the Stamford bomb squad.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Bomb squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bomb%20squad. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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