grenade
noun /ɡrəˈneɪd/
/ɡrəˈneɪd/
- a small bomb that can be thrown by hand or fired from a gun
- His vehicle was damaged by a rocket-propelled grenade.
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictc2- I tossed the grenade through the open door.
- She was holding the grenade above her head, ready to throw.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hand
- smoke
- stun
- …
- be armed with
- carry
- have
- …
- land
- explode
- go off
- …
- attack
- launcher
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘pomegranate’): from French, alteration of Old French (pome) grenate, from pome ‘apple’ + grenate ‘pomegranate’, on the pattern of Spanish granada. The bomb was so named because it supposedly resembled a pomegranate in shape.