bomb squad
noun
: a group of people who have the job of preventing bombs from causing damage or injury
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Ellen Pompeo is used to playing out dramatic scenarios on the small screen, but that didn't prepare her for a recent airport experience that led to a bomb squad being called in.
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Mekishana Pierre Published, EW.com, 3 June 2025
The ‘bomb squad’ was a negative distraction at the start of this season but the number involved in it could be even greater this time around.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 1 June 2025
When Deputy Fire Chief Greg Lyle arrived an hour after the blast, first responders had been ordered to get out of the still smoking building until a bomb squad could assess the scene.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
The airport bomb squad also responded and confiscated the fireworks.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Mekishana Pierre Published, EW.com, 3 June 2025
The ‘bomb squad’ was a negative distraction at the start of this season but the number involved in it could be even greater this time around.
—Simon Johnson, New York Times, 1 June 2025
When Deputy Fire Chief Greg Lyle arrived an hour after the blast, first responders had been ordered to get out of the still smoking building until a bomb squad could assess the scene.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
The airport bomb squad also responded and confiscated the fireworks.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 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 17 Jun. 2025.
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