grenade

nounverbcommon in dialogue

//ɡɹəˈneɪd//

A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.

noun

1
A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.
2
obsoleteA pomegranate.
3
A charge similar to a fireball, and made of a disc-shaped bomb shell, but with only one set of flames at the top.
4
slangAn unattractive girl.

Etymology

Borrowed from French grenade, from Old French grenate in the phrase pomme grenate (“pomegranate”), ultimately from Medieval Latin pōmum (“apple”) + grānātum (“having grains”). The -d developed in French under influence of Spanish granada. Doublet of garnet.

verb

1
To use grenade(s) upon.
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.
2
slangOf an engine: to be violently wrecked so that the internal components burst out.

Forms

plural: grenades
past tense: grenaded
past participle: grenaded
present participle: grenading
third person singular: grenades

Gregg · A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Gregory…Gregor · A male given name from Ancient Greek, a Scottish form of…Gregory · A male given name from Ancient Greek.

grenade · A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.

Greta · A female given name from Ancient Greek.Gretchen · A female given name from German origin; a pet form of…Grew · A surname.

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