bomb squad

noun

: a group of people who have the job of preventing bombs from causing damage or injury

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The ‘bomb squad’ and what seemed to be, on paper, a bloated squad, sparked more negative headlines. Simon Johnson and Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024 The building reopened a short time later after a search by the New Haven bomb squad turned up nothing suspicious, according to Quinn. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2024 Police deployed a bomb squad with an explosive disposal robot to the square in the heart of Brazilian capital to investigate the blasts. Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024 Last year, Mbappe was one of them when he was dumped into what is called the ‘loft’ in France — a group of undesirables akin to what is known as the ‘bomb squad’ in English football. Peter Rutzler, The Athletic, 20 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for bomb squad 

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“Bomb squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bomb%20squad. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

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