Mills grenade

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noun Military.

a type of high-explosive grenade weighing about 1.5 pounds (0.7 kilogram).

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Also called Mills bomb .

Origin of Mills grenade

First recorded in 1915–20; named after Sir W. Mills (1856–1932), its English inventor

Words nearby Mills grenade

millrun, Mills, Mills bomb, mill scale, Mills cross, Mills grenade, mills of the gods grind slowly, millstone, millstone around one's neck, millstream, Mill Valley

How to use Mills grenade in a sentence

Mills was lying on the sidewalk, dying, right in front of people trained to save him.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans|Philip K. Howard|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
By the time the ambulance arrived, over 10 minutes later, it was too late—Mills died soon after arriving at the hospital.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans|Philip K. Howard|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In January 2014, a lifelong District of Columbia parks employee, Medric Mills, collapsed while walking with his grown daughter.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans|Philip K. Howard|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Cone Mills features in all the major chapters of the 20th century.
Glenn Beck Is Now Selling Hipster Clothes. Really.|Ana Marie Cox|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Cops launched a flash grenade through the window and officer Joseph Weekley fired, fatally striking Stanley-Jones.
Worse Than Eric Garner: Cops Who Got Away With Killing Autistic Men and Little Girls|Emily Shire|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"I declare, wife, that was an awful accident over to the mills," said Mr. Slocum.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
She worked about ten years, and was then thrown out to make room for a new and larger engine for our saw-mills.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
Snuff is very extensively used in the mills and factories of Lancashire.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Whilst writing the final words of this chapter the news reaches me of the death of Mr. Mills, at the fine old age of eighty-seven.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
The chief outlay after paying for the mines would be for erecting stamping mills and making railroads.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick