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grenade

[ gri-neyd ]

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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)

grenaded, grenading.

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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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

“In good times, in bad times, the president enjoys taking a grenade out on a Saturday afternoon, throwing it on the floor and watching everybody react. … There’s no downside.”

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Mr Durant had been flying the second Black Hawk that had come down after it was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade.

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Mr Berger says his daughter told him how they were constantly watched over by armed men, "playing all the time with their guns and their hand grenades".

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Twelve people have been injured after a grenade was thrown into a busy bar in the French city of Grenoble, local authorities have said.

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Army bomb disposal experts were dispatched after magnet fishers caught a suspected hand grenade, police said.

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Grenada grenade launcher

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