Synonyms for grenade

Grammar : Noun

Spell : gri-neyd

Phonetic Transcription : grɪˈneɪd

Définition of grenade

Origin : "small explosive shell," 1590s, earlier "pomegranate" (1520s), from Middle French grenade "pomegranate" (16c.), earlier grenate (12c.), from Old French pomegrenate (influenced by Spanish granada); so called because the many-seeded fruit suggested the powder-filled, fragmenting bomb, or from similarities of shape. See pomegranate.

noun bomb

Example sentences :

I am to meet Monsieur de Marsac at Grenade on the day after to-morrow.
Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini

At Grenade, too I learnt the truth—that you were not Lesperon.
Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini

But if you were to have your head blown off by a grenade, you would be quite dead.
Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett

Again I seized the wire with my left hand and hurled the grenade.
Extract from : « Fighting in France » by Ross Kay

Just as the grenade was passing through the hole it exploded.
Extract from : « Fighting in France » by Ross Kay

He could not say, however, which drew the slung-shot or which threw the grenade.
Extract from : « The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) » by Various

In this form of grenade a safety pin holds the plunger from the cap.
Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss

When the grenade is to be thrown the safety pin is withdrawn.
Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss

This grenade has a rod which is inserted in the barrel of the rifle.
Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss

He then retired to his country house at Grenade, on the outskirts of Toulouse.
Extract from : « The Huguenots in France » by Samuel Smiles.

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