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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A grenade that scatters shrapnel over a wide area upon explosion.
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- n. military An anti-personnel weapon, thrown or otherwise propelled, designed to disperse shrapnel upon exploding.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Mil.) A type of hand grenade designed to burst into multiple fragments upon detonation of the explosive charge; the fragments fly away at high velocity, killing or wounding persons nearby. Contrasted to
concussion grenade . The common type of fragmentation grenade used by the American military was sometimes jocosely referred to as apineapple from its reticulated surface appearance, resembling that of the fruit.
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