Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A small bomb or explosive missile that is detonated by a fuse and thrown by hand or shot from a rifle or launcher.
- n. A glass container filled with a chemical such as tear gas that is dispersed when the container is thrown and broken.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An explosive missile of any kind, usually smaller than a bomb or bombshell, and not discharged from a cannon, but thrown by hand or by a shovel or fork.
Wiktionary
- n. obsolete A pomegranate.
- n. A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched from a grenade launcher.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Min.) A hollow ball or shell of iron filled with powder of other explosive, ignited by means of a fuse, and thrown from the hand among enemies.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile
Etymologies
- From French grenade, from Old French grenate in the phrase pome grenate ("pomegranate"), ultimately from Latin pomum granatum ("seeded fruit"). The -d developed in French under influence of Spanish granada. (Wiktionary)
- French, from Old French (pome) grenate, pomegranate (from its shape); see pomegranate. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The only expertise required to throw a grenade is the bare minimum needed to find cover before that small number is reached.”
“Nine out of ten times, the grenade is a grenade because she's ugly and fat.”
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“Bomb: A bomb, also known as a grenade, is thrown as a splash weapon.”
“Note 15: Although Raggio (Gubbio Studiolo, 114) correctly identifies this explosive device as a petard, the term grenade is appropriate due to a play of words and images (with pomegranates) discussed in chapter 6. back”
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“MexConnect. com Forums: Areas: Central Highlands: 3 arrested in grenade attack”
“A "man who had infiltrated the set as an extra tossed a hand grenade from the rooftop at a local bazaar, severely injuring six people and killing the horse that took the brunt of the blast.”
“But it's a 60-minute game and you never know when the grenade is going to go off, so you have to be strong in all areas.”
“CIA officer killed in grenade accident in Afghanistan”
“The other two U.S. soldiers were wounded in grenade explosions.”
“Islamist militants attempting to disrupt the valley’s recovery killed several Indian tourists in grenade attacks in July 2006.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘grenade’.
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War Imagery
bomb, grenade, frag, battlefield, strife, war, commander, sergeant, rifle, gun, bullet, siege and 18 more...
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snarkout's Words
agenbite, scandent, vulpine, ratel, corvid, magpie, meline, musteline, ecdysiast, waxwing, abecedarian, guillotine and 111 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, G
grocer, gabanergic, gabardine, gabbro, gaffe, gneiss, grapple, grosgrain, grommet, gratify, gossamer, goofy and 194 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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junestag's Words
postmodernism, cat, fish, rabbit, dell, coffee, elearning, mazda, php, mysql, flash, blogger and 755 more...
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useful vocab
pysmatic, relentless, storge, preamble, oscillate, itinerary, frolic, frolicsome, abdicate, frolicking, divergent, abnegate and 312 more...
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introduction to death
words that cause death,or defines death.
detonate, explosive, ammunition, rocket, shrapnel, grenade, nitroglycerin, propellant, fireworks, fuel, combustible, electricity and 62 more...
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Don't Drink The War
Military and martial terms ending in -ade that aren't fizzy drinks.
blockade, switchblade, fusilade, cannonade, ambuscade, parade, camisade, carronade, enfilade, chamade, gasconade, cockade and 8 more...
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