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Meanings of grenade in English

A small hand-held bomb designed to be thrown by hand or fired from a grenade launcher.

Usage of grenade in English
1
The grenade exploded causing injuries to 16 persons, a police statement said.
The Irish Times
2
A grenade attack on Monday evening hurt no one, police had said.
Reuters
3
The grenade may have been set off as troops searched the area.
Reuters
4
The grenade was later determined not to be live, according to police.
Reuters
5
The violence, accompanied by shooting and grenade blasts, continued into the afternoon.
The Irish Times
6
A suspected grenade attack on a Nairobi pub has wounded 12 people.
BBC
7
Here was where he could have used a grenade launcher, Jack thought.
Death angel
8
I arrived unannounced last week and had to dodge a rocket-propelled grenade.
The woman who died a lot
9
Held them like she was keeping the pin in a hand grenade.
Nemesis Game
10
Addled by a stun grenade, he couldn't think what those letters meant.
Dark rivers of the heart
11
They grinned down at us, rocket-propelled grenade launchers held across their chests.
The Lightning Thief
12
The Major spotted another yakuza pulling a pin out of a grenade.
Ghost in the Shell
13
His arm and his cold fingers that clutched the grenade seemed paralyzed.
Three Soldiers
14
Wit was on his feet with the grenade loaded two seconds later.
Earth Afire
15
He could set off a grenade in here and they wouldn't notice.
The Rebel
16
I started to feel like I'd eaten a hand grenade for dinner.
For whom the minivan rolls: an aaron tucker mystery
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Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common