grenade
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4.4
- noun
- /ɡrəˈneɪd/
:
granada
- The soldier carefully pulled the pin from the grenade before tossing it towards the enemy position.
- hand grenade
- rocket-propelled grenade
- a grenade launcher
He chucks A grenade over there and waits for the reaction.
- He chucks A grenade over there and waits for the reaction.
- We need to find radios, grenades and documents and secure it to them.
- And they've got ammunition in their rooms, they've got grenades, they've got guns, they've got everything.
- Two of our guys from our platoon come back with grenade wounds on day one, day one.
- Like there's bombs exploding, guns going off, grenades, all sorts of stuff.
- So he pulls out his grenade, man.
- And I can't remember one guy if it was just grenades or if one of them blew themselves up.
- A lot of grenades out there, if you know what I mean.
- So yeah, the grenades came around, bro.
- One with the grenades and one with an automatic rifle.
Examples
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- Get your hand grenades there, soldiers.
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And they've got ammunition in their rooms, they've got grenades, they've got guns, they've got everything.
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Who knew it was a live grenade?
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Put the pin back in the grenade.
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With the same hand, he pulls the grenade out of his pocket.
Fiction book (1992) -
And that grenade doesn't have the pin pulled out.
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You hear about the grenade... that was thrown into the Cheap Times Social Club in Wilmington last night?
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Instead the close range use of rifles, pistols and grenades made combat quick and deadly.
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You want somebody to take a mess of hand grenades and assault that bunker up the slope yonder?
Academic text (2013) -
A wine tasting in a golf clubhouse had been attacked with hand grenades and automatic rifle fire.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
17
4.2
A small bomb you throw by hand
4
8.8
A hand grenade that explodes and sends out metal pieces
4
5.2
A small object that makes thick smoke to hide people or mark a place
1
7.5
A small bomb fired from a device attached to the end of a rifle
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
4
5.2
A small object that makes thick smoke to hide people or mark a place
How Destructive
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word grenade comes from the French word grenade, which meant 'pomegranate'. A pomegranate bursts and sends out many seeds, so people used the same image for a small bomb that breaks into many dangerous pieces, and that is why grenade now means a small explosive you throw.