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hand grenade
noun
a grenade or explosive shell that is thrown by hand and exploded either by impact or by means of a fuze.
a grenade or glass missile containing a chemical, for extinguishing fire.
hand grenade
noun
a small metal or plastic canister containing explosives, usually activated by a short fuse and used in close combat
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hand grenade1
Example Sentences
But there was no escape as the gunmen shot repeatedly into the mass of bodies in the shelter and then threw in hand grenades.
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".
Army bomb disposal experts were dispatched after magnet fishers caught a suspected hand grenade, police said.
A senior officer in the British Army has been charged after allegedly taking a decommissioned hand grenade through Scotland's busiest airport.
"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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