rifle grenade

noun

, Military.

1. a grenade designed to be fired from a grenade launcher attached to the muzzle of a rifle or carbine.

rifle grenade

noun

1. a grenade fired from a rifle

Word History and Origins

Origin of rifle grenade¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

In this sector life in the trenches was made more uncertain than ever by the introduction of the rifle grenade by the Germans.

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As we were tying him up—he had been wounded in eight places by a rifle grenade—he signed to me and I stooped over him.

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As a fifth class there was a combination hand and rifle grenade, a British device adopted in our program.

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The rifle grenade fits in a holder at the muzzle of an ordinary service rifle.

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Any man within 75 yards of an exploding rifle grenade is likely to be wounded or killed.

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