Grenade Definition

grə-nād
grenades
noun
A small bomb detonated by a fuze and thrown by hand or fired from a rifle.
Webster's New World
A glass container to be thrown so that it will break and disperse the chemicals inside: used for putting out fires, spreading tear gas, etc.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Grenade

Noun

Singular:
grenade
Plural:
grenades

Origin of Grenade

  • Borrowing from French grenade, from Old French grenate in the phrase pomme grenate (“pomegranate”), ultimately from Latin pomum granatum (“seeded fruit”). The -d developed in French under influence of Spanish granada.

    From Wiktionary

  • French from Old French (pome) grenate pomegranate (from its shape) pomegranate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Grenade Sentence Examples

  • They threw in a grenade last time.

  • He had picked up the scrap of a grenade that had killed an aide-de-camp standing near the commander-in-chief and had taken it to his commander.

  • The gun rang out with a deafening metallic roar, and a whistling grenade flew above the heads of our troops below the hill and fell far short of the enemy, a little smoke showing the spot where it burst.

  • The only way to destroy a tank is to throw a frag grenade into the gunner's hatch.

  • Navigation was easy by the forest roads, and the only ordnance I saw were a few empty smoke grenade canisters.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

EDEADE

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With G7 Letter Words Ending With E