: 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)
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe music swells, all is forgiven, and Dennis Reynolds has a grenade launcher. Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2022 Officers continued to search the property and found a second explosive: a World War II rifle grenade, Fisher said. Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2022 In 1966, after a grenade exploded near Mr. Page, he was taken to a hospital by his closest friend in Vietnam, the photographer Sean Flynn, the son of the movie star Errol Flynn. Matt Schudel, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2022 In 1966, after a grenade exploded near Mr. Page, he was taken to a hospital by his closest friend in Vietnam, photographer Sean Flynn, the son of movie star Errol Flynn. Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022 Slowing down time while spinning in the air to fire a grenade at an enemy never gets old. Kris Holt, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022 Most notorious, perhaps, was the 2008 grenade attack on a crowd gathered in a main plaza to celebrate Mexican Independence Day in the central city of Morelia. Patrick J. Mcdonnell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2022 The Flower Thrower—of a masked protester about to launch a bouquet like it’s a grenade? Maya Singer, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2022 What’s more, its unstructured, soft packaging resulted in her Pink Sauce exploding like a grenade full of melted crayons. Ella Quittner, Bon Appétit, 22 July 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle French, literally, pomegranate, from Late Latin granata, from Latin, feminine of granatus seedy, from granum grain — more at corn
ADJECTIVE | VERB + GRENADE | GRENADE + VERB | GRENADE + NOUNADJECTIVE➤hand, smoke, stun手榴彈;發煙手榴彈;眩暈手榴彈(爆炸時發出強光和巨響)▸➤rocket-propelled火箭助推榴彈▸➤fragmentation (especially NAmE) 殺傷手榴彈▸➤live真手榴彈VERB + GRENADE➤be armed with, carry, have配備手榴彈;帶有手榴彈;持手榴彈◇The hijackers were armed with hand grenades.劫機者身上帶着手榴彈。➤hold握着手榴彈◇She was holding the grenade above her head, ready to throw.她握着手榴彈,舉過頭頂,準備扔出去。➤hurl, lob, throw, toss投擲手榴彈;扔手榴彈◇I tossed the grenade through the open door.我把手榴彈順着敞開的門扔了出去。➤fire猛擲手榴彈▸➤pull the pin from, pull the pin out of拉掉手榴彈的保險針GRENADE + VERB➤land手榴彈落地▸➤explode, go off手榴彈爆炸GRENADE + NOUN➤attack榴彈攻擊▸➤launcher榴彈發射器