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.