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hand grenade

noun

  1. a grenade or explosive shell that is thrown by hand and exploded either by impact or by means of a fuze.
  2. a grenade or glass missile containing a chemical, for extinguishing fire.


hand grenade

noun

  1. a small metal or plastic canister containing explosives, usually activated by a short fuse and used in close combat
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hand grenade1

First recorded in 1655–65
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Mr Berger says his daughter told him how they were constantly watched over by armed men, "playing all the time with their guns and their hand grenades".

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Army bomb disposal experts were dispatched after magnet fishers caught a suspected hand grenade, police said.

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A senior officer in the British Army has been charged after allegedly taking a decommissioned hand grenade through Scotland's busiest airport.

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"It's like we have some hand grenades in the back of a jeep and sometimes they go off when there's a lot of pressure."

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First there was a shooting outside the Israeli embassy in Stockholm, then two Swedish teenagers aged 16 and 19 were arrested in Copenhagen after hand grenades were detonated near the embassy there.

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