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• gas grenade — grenade which releases a poisonous gas …   English contemporary dictionary

• gas grenade — noun : a grenade containing gas in liquid form which is released by the bursting of the grenade …   Useful english dictionary

• tear gas grenade — Synonyms and related words: aerial bomb, antipersonnel bomb, bomb, bombshell, carcass, concussion grenade, depth bomb, depth charge, fire bomb, gas grenade, grenade, hand grenade, incendiary bomb, incendiary grenade, infernal machine, petard,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• grenade — Synonyms and related words: aerial bomb, antipersonnel bomb, bomb, bombshell, carcass, concussion grenade, depth bomb, depth charge, fire bomb, gas grenade, hand grenade, incendiary bomb, incendiary grenade, infernal machine, petard, tear gas… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Grenade — Gre*nade , n. [F. grenade a pomegranate, a grenade, or Sp. granada; orig., filled with seeds. So called from the resemblance of its shape to a pomegranate. See {Carnet}, {Grain} a kernel, and cf. {Pomegranate}.] (Min.) A hollow ball or shell of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• grenade — [grə nād′] n. [Fr < OFr, pomegranate < L ( malum) granatum, (apple) with seeds, pomegranate < granatus, seedy < granum, seed, GRAIN] 1. a small bomb detonated by a fuze and thrown by hand or fired from a rifle 2. a glass container to… …   English World dictionary

• grenade — /gri nayd /, n., v., grenaded, grenading. n. 1. a small shell containing an explosive and thrown by hand or fired from a rifle or launching device. 2. a similar missile containing a chemical, as for dispersing tear gas or fire extinguishing… …   Universalium

• Grenade launcher — A grenade launcher is a weapon that launches a grenade with more accuracy, higher velocity and to greater distances than a soldier could throw it by hand.Grenade launchers can either come in the form of standalone weapons (either single shot or… …   Wikipedia

• grenade — n explosive, hand grenade, bomb, Sl. egg, Molotov cocktail, letter bomb; shell, ball, gas bomb, incendiary bomb, napalm bomb, stink bomb, time bomb …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• grenade — /grəˈneɪd / (say gruh nayd) noun 1. a small explosive shell thrown by hand or fired from a rifle. 2. a glass missile for scattering chemicals in order to put out fires, spread tear gas, etc. 3. Also, hand grenade. Colloquial (humorous) a 250 ml… …  

• grenade — noun Etymology: Middle French, literally, pomegranate, from Late Latin granata, from Latin, feminine of granatus seedy, from granum grain more at corn Date: 1591 a small missile that contains an explosive or a chemical agent (as tear gas, a flame …   New Collegiate Dictionary