grenade

noun/ɡrəˈneɪd/

Frequency rank: #6,426 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

A small bomb thrown by hand or launched from a rifle.

Illustration for the English word “grenade”

Example sentence

The soldier threw the grenade toward the enemy bunker during the training exercise.

Synonyms & related words

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