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grenade

[ gri-neyd ]

noun

  1. a small shell containing an explosive and thrown by hand or fired from a rifle or launching device.
  2. a similar missile containing a chemical, as for dispersing tear gas or fire-extinguishing substances.


verb (used with object)

, gre·nad·ed, gre·nad·ing.
  1. to attack with a grenade or grenades.

grenade

/ ɡrɪˈneɪd /

noun

  1. a small container filled with explosive thrown by hand or fired from a rifle
  2. 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of grenade1

1525–35; < French < Spanish granada pomegranate, special use of granado having grains < Latin grānātus. See grain, -ate 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of grenade1

C16: from French, from Spanish granada pomegranate, from Late Latin grānāta, from Latin grānātus seedy; see grain

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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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