hand grenade
a grenade or explosive shell that is thrown by hand and exploded either by impact or by means of a fuze.
a grenade or glass missile containing a chemical, for extinguishing fire.
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How to use hand grenade in a sentence
To go back to our previous analogy, a container designed to absorb a hand grenade made in 1920 probably won't fare well against a modern one.
Texas is a reminder: We’re much more willing to pay for cures than prevention | Philip Bump | February 18, 2021 | Washington PostIn an interview, Ledbetter told agents that he had been manufacturing hand grenades and admitted that he had modified his AK-47 so that it would fire automatically.
The Boogaloo Bois Have Guns, Criminal Records and Military Training. Now They Want to Overthrow the Government. | by A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, and Lila Hassan and Karim Hajj, FRONTLINE | February 1, 2021 | ProPublicaHe got there before me and started playing with what turned out to be a hand grenade.
The police officer who turned forensic archaeologist to find thousands of Zimbabwe’s hidden dead | Keith Silika | September 18, 2020 | QuartzIn any event, for the Kudo-kai, the police arrest of their top dog is expected to have the impact of a well-thrown hand grenade.
On December 20, 2012, a hand grenade exploded at the headquarters of the Dojin-kai in Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture.
The Great Japanese Gang Wars | Jake Adelstein, Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky | June 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
One of the raiding party threw a hand grenade inside the structure.
Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line | Clarence YoungBut Jerry sprang up again, and, seeing a 141 knot of Germans just ahead of him, tossed a hand grenade among them.
Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line | Clarence YoungI never see a hand grenade without thinking how difficult it is just now to be a hero in France.
The White Road to Verdun | Kathleen BurkeTon d'apameibomenos fell like a hand-grenade amongst Motte's papers, and blew him up effectually in the opinion of the multitude.
The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey--Vol. 1 | Thomas de QuinceyOf these guns one was disposed of by a sergeant, who, crawling forward, threw a hand-grenade amongst its team.
The History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918 | Frederick William Bewsher
British Dictionary definitions for hand grenade
a small metal or plastic canister containing explosives, usually activated by a short fuse and used in close combat
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