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Word entry · 7 letters

grenade

Best crossword clue

"Thrown explosive"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ɡɹəˈneɪd/Part of speech nounSorted adeegnrStarts with GEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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