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grenade

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noun/ɡɹəˈneɪd/
  1. 1

    A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.

  2. 2

    A pomegranate.obsolete

  3. 3

    A charge similar to a fireball, and made of a disc-shaped bomb shell, but with only one set of flames at the top.

  4. 4

    An unattractive girl.slang

verb/ɡɹəˈneɪd/
  1. 1

    To use grenade(s) upon.

    • Some of the infantry got pinned down by it, and from cover kept up the battle by grenading rubble piles or any other likely spots ahead of them.
    • They advanced after grenading the next traverse, much like the British did.
  2. 2

    Of an engine: to be violently wrecked so that the internal components burst out.intransitiveslang

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