: a small missile that contains an explosive or a chemical agent (such as tear gas, a flame producer, or a smoke producer) and that is thrown by hand or projected (as by a rifle or special launcher)
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Just as Matt realizes one of the officers killed White Tiger (Kamar de los Reyes), a grenade is launched through the window, and the two vigilantes painfully jump down to the street.
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Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
Then again, Matt’s whole apartment eventually gets blown up by a grenade, so anyone Matt made sure to leave unconscious is also dead now.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025
Gangs also confiscated tear gas and grenades and identity documents belonging to the cops.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
Troops unknowingly entered an apartment building next to insurgents, and al-Qaeda forces hurled a grenade through a sniper hole, injuring one of the SEALs, Elliott Miller (Cosmo Jarvis).
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 10 Apr. 2025
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Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 Apr. 2025
Then again, Matt’s whole apartment eventually gets blown up by a grenade, so anyone Matt made sure to leave unconscious is also dead now.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2025
Gangs also confiscated tear gas and grenades and identity documents belonging to the cops.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
Troops unknowingly entered an apartment building next to insurgents, and al-Qaeda forces hurled a grenade through a sniper hole, injuring one of the SEALs, Elliott Miller (Cosmo Jarvis).
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Grenade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grenade. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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grenade
noun
gre·nade
grə-ˈnād 
: a small bomb that is thrown by hand or launched (as by a rifle)
Etymology
from early French grenade, granade "pomegranate, grenade," from Latin granata "pomegranate," derived from Latin granatus "seedy," from granum "grain, seed" — related to garnet, grain, pomegranate see Word History at garnet
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