rifle grenade

American  

noun

Military.

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

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rifle grenade British  

noun

1. a grenade fired from a rifle

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Etymology

Origin of rifle grenade

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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rifle grenade

Previously fired only from the old Springfield, the rifle grenade has now been fitted for firing with the Garand and the carbine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Almost two years later, on the night of the 2nd of June 1918, having persuaded a battalion commander to let him accompany a patrol, he was killed by a rifle grenade, inside the German lines.

From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh

But almost in the same breath Mr. Churchill stated that simultaneously the War Office had invented a rifle grenade which would put the super-tank out of action.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 3rd, 1920 by Various

Besides these there is the rifle grenade and trench mortar.

From Military Instructors Manual by Oliver Schoonmaker

Just as the Mills hand grenade has become the standard, so has the Mills rifle grenade attained that pre-eminence.

From Military Instructors Manual by Oliver Schoonmaker