Definitions
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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Thrown explosive”7 letters
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