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GRENADE
grenade
(noun) a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
grenade (plural grenades)
A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched from a grenade launcher.
(obsolete) A pomegranate.
(heraldiccharge) A charge similar to a fireball, and made of a disc-shaped bomb shell, but with only one set of flames at the top.
(slang) An unattractive girl.
Hyponyms
• grenado
• hand grenade
• rocket-propelled grenade
• Mills bomb
Verb
grenade (third-person singular simple present grenades, present participle grenading, simple past and past participle grenaded)
To use grenade(s) upon.
Anagrams
• Redange, agender, angered, derange, en garde, enraged, grandee
Source: Wiktionary
Gre*nade", n. Etym: [F. grenade a pomegranate, a grenade, or Sp. granada; orig., filled with seeds. So called from the resemblanse of its shape to a pomegranate. See Carnet, Grain a kernel, and cf. Pomegranate.] (Min.)
Definition: 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. Hand grenade. (a) A small grenade of iron or glass, usually about two and a half inches in diameter, to be thrown from the hand into the head of a sap, trenches, covered way, or upon besiegers mounting a breach. (b) A portable fire extinguisher consisting of a glass bottle containing water and gas. It is thrown into the flames. Called also fire grenade. Rampart grenades, grenades of various sizes, which, when used, are rolled over the pararapet in a trough.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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