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gre·nade

(grə-nād′)

1. A small bomb or explosive missile that is detonated by a fuse and thrown by hand or shot from a rifle or launcher.

2. A glass container filled with a chemical such as tear gas that is dispersed when the container is thrown and broken.

[French, from Old French (pome) grenate, pomegranate (from its shape); see pomegranate.]

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grenade

(ɡrɪˈneɪd)

1. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a small container filled with explosive thrown by hand or fired from a rifle

2. (Chemistry) a sealed glass vessel that is thrown and shatters to release chemicals, such as tear gas or a fire extinguishing agent

[C16: from French, from Spanish granada pomegranate, from Late Latin grānāta, from Latin grānātus seedy; see grain]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

gre•nade

(grɪˈneɪd)

n.

1. a small shell containing an explosive and thrown by hand or fired from a rifle or launching device.

2. a similar missile containing a chemical, as for dispersing tear gas or fire-extinguishing substances.

[1525–35; < French < Sp granada pomegranate < Latin grānātus. See grain, -ate¹]

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Noun

grenade - a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile

bomb - an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions

hand grenade - a grenade designed to be thrown by hand

rifle grenade - a grenade that is thrown from a launching device attached to the barrel of a rifle

Translations

قُنْبُلَه

granát

håndgranat

Granate Handgranate

grenade

kézigránát

handsprengjagranatepli

granata

ざくろ

granata

granāta

granata

el bombası

lựu đạn

手榴弹

grenade

[grɪˈneɪd]

A. N (also hand grenade) → granada f

B. CPD grenade launcher N → lanzagranadas m inv

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

grenade

[grɪˈneɪd] n (also hand grenade) → grenade f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

grenade

n → Granate f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

grenade

[grɪˈneɪd] n (also hand grenade) → granata, bomba a mano

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

grenade

(grəˈneid) noun

a small bomb, especially one thrown by hand.

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The grenadiers of the two regiments got near enough to the ditches and intrenchments to launch their grenades, which had but small effect.

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In ten minutes the laundry was deserted, save for a few men wandering about with hand grenades in futile search for the cause of the disturbance.

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The crackling of shots speedily brought the Preussen and Kiel on the scene, and with a few hand grenades they made short work of every villa within a mile.

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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.

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But the best informed historians are of opinion that the grenade contained only brimstone and assafoetida, and was meant to plague Cotton Mather with a very evil perfume.

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"And that is all?" queried Capell, after directing an officer to give Tarzan a hand grenade; "you will empty the trench alone?"

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Two grenades were found in separate circumstances in one afternoon.

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Three hand grenades found in fields

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