Grenade

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small bomb or explosive missile that is detonated by a fuse and thrown by hand or shot from a rifle or launcher.
  • n. A glass container filled with a chemical such as tear gas that is dispersed when the container is thrown and broken.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A pomegranate.
  • n. A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched from a grenade launcher.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A hollow ball or shell of iron filled with powder of other explosive, ignited by means of a fuse, and thrown from the hand among enemies.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An explosive missile of any kind, usually smaller than a bomb or bombshell, and not discharged from a cannon, but thrown by hand or by a shovel or fork.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile
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    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bomb   
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    Blade    Cade    Crusade    Dade    Jade    Kincaid    Slade    Wade    ade    afraid   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bomb    projectile    missile    munitions    ammunition    torpedo    launchers    cannon    rifle    warhead