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noun / verb

grenade

gruh-NAYD/ɡrəˈneɪd/

A small explosive weapon thrown by hand or launched.

The grenade has a compact metal body and a safety lever.

Intact hand grenade exterior.
Etymology
grenadeFrenchpomegranate

The weapon takes its name from the pomegranate, either because the many-seeded fruit suggested a powder-filled, fragmenting bomb or because the two shared a similar shape.

In context

JoCat58:29
a fair bit of gun powder enough to make a small explosive perhaps like a hand grenade
Let the Hunt Begin - Belkinus Necro Hunt D&D Session 1

More examples

  • The account described soldiers taking cover from a grenade.
  • A grenade lay among the recovered weapons.
  • The training exercise used dummy grenades.

Forms

grenade · grenades · grenaded · grenading

Similar words

bomb
The broader explosive-weapon category.
shell
An explosive projectile fired from a gun rather than usually thrown.