grenade
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Definition of grenade
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.
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noun
- A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.
- (obsolete)A pomegranate.
- A charge similar to a fireball, and made of a disc-shaped bomb shell, but with only one set of flames at the top.
- (slang)An unattractive girl.
verb
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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.”
- (intransitive, slang)Of an engine: to be violently wrecked so that the internal components burst out.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from French grenade, from Old French grenate in the phrase pomme grenate (“pomegranate”), ultimately from Medieval Latin pomum (“apple”) + granatum (“having grains”). The -d developed in French under influence of Spanish granada. Doublet of garnet.
Words you can make from grenade
127 playable · top: AGENDER (9 pts)
Best play agender 9 points7-letter words
4 words6-letter words
13 words5-letter words
21 words4-letter words
43 words- AGED 6 pts
- DANG 6 pts
- DRAG 6 pts
- DREG 6 pts
- EDGE 6 pts
- EGAD 6 pts
- GAED 6 pts
- GEED 6 pts
- GRAD 6 pts
- AGEE 5 pts
- AGER 5 pts
- AREG 5 pts
- DARE 5 pts
- DARN 5 pts
- DEAN 5 pts
- DEAR 5 pts
- DEER 5 pts
- DENE 5 pts
- DERE 5 pts
- DREE 5 pts
- EGER 5 pts
- GAEN 5 pts
- GANE 5 pts
- GEAN 5 pts
- GEAR 5 pts
- GENE 5 pts
- GNAR 5 pts
- GRAN 5 pts
- GREE 5 pts
- NARD 5 pts
- NEED 5 pts
- NERD 5 pts
- RAGE 5 pts
- RAND 5 pts
- RANG 5 pts
- READ 5 pts
- REDE 5 pts
- REED 5 pts
- REND 5 pts
- EARN 4 pts
- ERNE 4 pts
- NARE 4 pts
- NEAR 4 pts
3-letter words
32 words- DAG 5 pts
- GAD 5 pts
- GED 5 pts
- AGE 4 pts
- AND 4 pts
- DAN 4 pts
- DEE 4 pts
- DEN 4 pts
- END 4 pts
- ENG 4 pts
- ERG 4 pts
- GAE 4 pts
- GAN 4 pts
- GAR 4 pts
- GEE 4 pts
- GEN 4 pts
- NAG 4 pts
- NEG 4 pts
- RAD 4 pts
- RAG 4 pts
- RED 4 pts
- REG 4 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ARE 3 pts
- EAR 3 pts
- ERA 3 pts
- ERE 3 pts
- ERN 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NEE 3 pts
- RAN 3 pts
- REE 3 pts
2-letter words
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