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hand grenade
noun
- 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.
hand grenade
noun
- a small metal or plastic canister containing explosives, usually activated by a short fuse and used in close combat
Word History and Origins
Origin of hand grenade1
Example Sentences
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.
In 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.
He got there before me and started playing with what turned out to be a hand grenade.
In 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.
One of the raiding party threw a hand grenade inside the structure.
But Jerry sprang up again, and, seeing a 141 knot of Germans just ahead of him, tossed a hand grenade among them.
I never see a hand grenade without thinking how difficult it is just now to be a hero in France.
Ton d'apameibomenos fell like a hand-grenade amongst Motte's papers, and blew him up effectually in the opinion of the multitude.
Of these guns one was disposed of by a sergeant, who, crawling forward, threw a hand-grenade amongst its team.
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