What does grenade mean?
Grenade means A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket..
Grenade
/ɡɹəˈneɪd/ · noun
Meaning
A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket..
Definitions by Sense
- A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.
- (obsolete) A pomegranate.
- (heraldry) A charge similar to a fireball, and made of a disc-shaped bomb shell, but with only one set of flames at the top.
- (slang) An unattractive girl.
- To use grenade(s) upon.
- (motor racing, slang, intransitive) Of an engine: to be violently wrecked so that the internal components burst out.
Example Sentences
Some of the infantry got pinned down by it, and from cover kept up the battle by grenading rubble piles or any other likely spots ahead of them.
They advanced after grenading the next traverse, much like the British did.
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Antonyms for grenade
Related Words
Word Forms
- grenades
- grenading
- grenaded
Usage Notes
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Some of the infantry got pinned down by it, and from cover kept up the battle by grenading rubble piles or any other likely spots ahead of them.
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