: a small missile that contains an explosive or a chemical agent (such as tear gas, a flame producer, or a smoke producer) and that is thrown by hand or projected (as by a rifle or special launcher)
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These bring special skills, like gas grenades or miniguns, and will take an entire LMG magazine to the face and live to tell the tale.
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Matt Gardner, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
Weeks before a nail-biting U.S. election, director Ali Abbasi is dropping a cinematic grenade into theaters.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024
Quintero hid for two hours in a closet, listening to gunshots and what sounded like bombs — possibly grenades or tear-gas canisters.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024
However, Hamas militants ultimately found the bomb shelter and began throwing grenades inside, wounding and killing many of those around them.
—Anna Gordon, TIME, 7 Oct. 2024
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Matt Gardner, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
Weeks before a nail-biting U.S. election, director Ali Abbasi is dropping a cinematic grenade into theaters.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024
Quintero hid for two hours in a closet, listening to gunshots and what sounded like bombs — possibly grenades or tear-gas canisters.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024
However, Hamas militants ultimately found the bomb shelter and began throwing grenades inside, wounding and killing many of those around them.
—Anna Gordon, TIME, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Grenade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grenade. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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grenade
noun
gre·nade
grə-ˈnād 
: a small bomb that is thrown by hand or launched (as by a rifle)
Etymology
from early French grenade, granade "pomegranate, grenade," from Latin granata "pomegranate," derived from Latin granatus "seedy," from granum "grain, seed" — related to garnet, grain, pomegranate see Word History at garnet
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