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grenade

[ gri-neyd ]

noun

  1. a small shell containing an explosive and thrown by hand or fired from a rifle or launching device.
  2. a similar missile containing a chemical, as for dispersing tear gas or fire-extinguishing substances.


verb (used with object)

grenaded, grenading.
  1. to attack with a grenade or grenades.

grenade

/ 伞谤瑟藞苍别瑟诲 /

noun

  1. a small container filled with explosive thrown by hand or fired from a rifle
  2. a sealed glass vessel that is thrown and shatters to release chemicals, such as tear gas or a fire extinguishing agent
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of grenade1

1525鈥35; < French < Spanish granada pomegranate, special use of granado having grains < Latin 驳谤腻苍腻迟耻蝉. See grain, -ate 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of grenade1

C16: from French, from Spanish granada pomegranate, from Late Latin 驳谤腻苍腻迟补, from Latin 驳谤腻苍腻迟耻蝉 seedy; see grain
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Embassy online portal, she also threatened to set off grenades around the time of the Lunar New Year.

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More than 30 masked troops entered the embassy from the balcony and front and back doors, throwing grenades through the windows.

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The bad guys are cannon fodder, though I did like the way one mobster sadly sighs at a grenade before he explodes.

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鈥淚n good times, in bad times, the president enjoys taking a grenade out on a Saturday afternoon, throwing it on the floor and watching everybody react. 鈥 There鈥檚 no downside.鈥

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Mr Durant had been flying the second Black Hawk that had come down after it was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade.

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