grenade
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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)
3.
to attack with a grenade or grenades.
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| —n | |
| 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 |
| [C16: from French, from Spanish granada pomegranate, from Late Latin grānāta, from Latin grānātus seedy; see | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
grenade
"small explosive shell," 1591, from M.Fr. grenade "pomegranate," from O.Fr. pomegrenate (infl. by Sp. granada), so called because the many-seeded fruit suggested the powder-filled, fragmenting bomb, or from similarities of shape. Grenadiers (1676) originally were soldiers "who were dexterous in flinging
hand-granados" [Evelyn], from Fr. grenadier; later "the tallest and finest men in the regiment."
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Example sentences
At the time the world was told that the helicopter was taken down by a well-aimed rocket-propelled grenade.
One of the kids on our street lost both hands, up to his elbows, dismantling a grenade.
The first grenade exploded when the market was crowded with shoppers, said a witness.
Another represented a hand grenade, rifle and rocket launcher.
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