bomb squad

noun

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

Examples of bomb squad in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Massachusetts State Police claim one of the members of its bomb squad has gone above and beyond in the line of duty and taken bullets for the team. Jody Serrano / Gizmodo, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024 Frank Gonzalez told the Associated Press that the cause of the explosion, which happened shortly before 1 p.m. local time during a training exercise with the sheriff’s bomb squad. Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024 Santa Cruz Sheriff's Office The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office shared a photo of a bomb squad member dressed in a blast suit carting the bomb down the beach on New Year's Eve. Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2024 The Walnut Creek Police Department bomb squad identified the substance as triacetone triperoxide, or TATP, a volatile and powerful explosive, according to the sheriff’s office. Jason Green, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024 In a Facebook post on Wednesday, the Massachusetts State Police said that Roscoe, a nickname for Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot, accompanied the department’s bomb squad in early March to respond to a situation involving an armed barricaded suspect. Jody Serrano / Gizmodo, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024 The national bomb squad is on its way to investigate the object, the spokesperson said. NBC News, 1 Feb. 2024 The area around the library was closed off as a state police bomb squad responded to the scene. Doha Madani, NBC News, 24 Mar. 2024 The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office bomb squad and federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents are assisting in the investigation, police said. Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 29 Feb. 2024

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