grenade : Idioms & Phrases

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grenade thrower

  • noun an infantryman equipped with grenades
    grenadier.
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Hand grenade

  • noun a grenade designed to be thrown by hand
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  • . (a) A small grenade of iron or glass, usually about two and a half inches in diameter, to be thrown from the hand into the head of a sap, trenches, covered way, or upon besiegers mounting a breach. (b) A portable fire extinguisher consisting of a glass bottle containing water and gas. It is thrown into the flames. Called also fire grenade.
Webster 1913

Rampart grenades

  • grenades of various sizes, which, when used, are rolled over the pararapet in a trough.
Webster 1913

rifle grenade

  • noun a grenade that is thrown from a launching device attached to the barrel of a rifle
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smoke grenade

  • noun a bomb that gives off thick smoke when it explodes; used to make a smoke screen or to mark a position
    smoke bomb.
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