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hand grenade

noun

  1. a grenade or explosive shell that is thrown by hand and exploded either by impact or by means of a fuze.
  2. a grenade or glass missile containing a chemical, for extinguishing fire.


hand grenade

noun

  1. a small metal or plastic canister containing explosives, usually activated by a short fuse and used in close combat


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hand grenade1

First recorded in 1655–65

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Example Sentences

To go back to our previous analogy, a container designed to absorb a hand grenade made in 1920 probably won't fare well against a modern one.

In an interview, Ledbetter told agents that he had been manufacturing hand grenades and admitted that he had modified his AK-47 so that it would fire automatically.

He got there before me and started playing with what turned out to be a hand grenade.

From Quartz

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.

On December 20, 2012, a hand grenade exploded at the headquarters of the Dojin-kai in Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.

One of the raiding party threw a hand grenade inside the structure.

But Jerry sprang up again, and, seeing a 141 knot of Germans just ahead of him, tossed a hand grenade among them.

I never see a hand grenade without thinking how difficult it is just now to be a hero in France.

Ton d'apameibomenos fell like a hand-grenade amongst Motte's papers, and blew him up effectually in the opinion of the multitude.

Of these guns one was disposed of by a sergeant, who, crawling forward, threw a hand-grenade amongst its team.

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