hand grenade

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hand grenade

  • /ˈhænd.ɡɹəˈneɪd/
  • /ˈhænd.ɡɚˈneɪd/

noun hand grenades · hand-grenade

  1. A small hand-held explosive device designed to be thrown at an enemy. It began with a verbal hand grenade lobbed by Mr. Trump Monday, decrying the staggered release of hostages under the painstakingly crafted Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement brokered by his own envoy along with Qatar, Egypt, and the outgoing Biden administration.
  2. archaic A fire grenade (kind of portable fire extinguisher).

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noun explosive device

Españolgranada de mano
한국어수류탄 suryutan
日本語手榴弾, 手投げ弾 tenagedan
中文手榴彈 /手榴弹 shǒuliúdàn, 手雷 shǒuléi
Portuguêsgranada de mão
Françaisgrenade à main
DeutschHandgranate
Italianogranata, bomba a mano
Ελληνικάχειροβομβίδα cheirovomvída
Românăgrenadă de mână
Русскийграна́та granáta
עבריתרמון יד rimon yad

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@misc{hand_grenade_2026,
  title = {hand grenade},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hand%20grenade},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}