Meaning of bomb squad | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A division of a police force or the military responsible for safely defusing or detonating hazardous explosive devices.
2. A group of players who are deemed surplus to requirements by the club and are excluded from the first-team squad training.

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Examples

“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.”

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