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<p>Bomb disposal is an <a href="/facts/Explosives_engineering/rmqkC6HF">explosives engineering</a> profession using the process by which hazardous <a href="/facts/Explosive_device/Mq9CSVk4">explosive devices</a> are disabled or otherwise rendered safe. <i>Bomb disposal</i> is an all-encompassing term to describe the separate, but interrelated functions in the military fields of explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) and improvised explosive device disposal (IEDD), and the <a href="/facts/Public_security/qrjPmFHH">public safety</a> roles of public safety bomb disposal (PSBD) and the bomb squad. </p>