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grenade
[ gri-neyd ]
noun
- a small shell containing an explosive and thrown by hand or fired from a rifle or launching device.
- a similar missile containing a chemical, as for dispersing tear gas or fire-extinguishing substances.
verb (used with object)
- to attack with a grenade or grenades.
grenade
/ ɡrɪˈneɪd /
noun
- a small container filled with explosive thrown by hand or fired from a rifle
- a sealed glass vessel that is thrown and shatters to release chemicals, such as tear gas or a fire extinguishing agent
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Origin of grenade1
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Example Sentences
Cops launched a flash grenade through the window and officer Joseph Weekley fired, fatally striking Stanley-Jones.
The authorities were trying to arrest another man suspected of throwing a stun grenade when Hamdan attacked.
His companions—one a woman—urge him to let loose with a rocket-propelled grenade and he fires.
In any event, for the Kudo-kai, the police arrest of their top dog is expected to have the impact of a well-thrown hand grenade.
We could say we were approached by a local bad guy with a grenade in his hand.
Tam had a tray of bombs under the fuselage—something in destructive quality between a Mills grenade and a three-inch shell.
When I said this, I turned to jab a claw at the other priests, using the motion to cover my flicking a coin grenade toward them.
In this sector life in the trenches was made more uncertain than ever by the introduction of the rifle grenade by the Germans.
A Divisional grenade school was formed, at which 13 officers and 260 other ranks were put through a course every week.
From the trials made we could not notice any appreciable superiority over the salt solution as used in the Harden grenade.
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