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grenade

[gri-nayd] / grɪˈneɪd /


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In account of Saturday's events, Rutland told reporters that members of the infantry had been conducting "high-intensity combat training with live munitions" at a grenade range and attack range.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

They also found a World War II grenade, which threw, well, another grenade into the schedule.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

However, a witness told local media that the teenager did not pick up the grenade.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

The grenade factory also began designing launchers at the request of Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez in October 2023.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

He mouthed: Can your sword do grenade form?

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

In Lyon, police used tear gas grenades to disperse a crowd which had reportedly gathered in an area deemed off-limits by the local prefecture.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Such moments of barbed humor are infrequent in “Fatherland,” but Pawlikowski wields them like grenades, shattering the stifling niceties enveloping Thomas and Erika.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

And on Friday, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told France 2 television that officers could use stun grenades in case of "extremely serious urban violence".

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The security forces used tear gas and stun grenades.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

While the girls cradled their roses, the boys looked at them as if they were hand grenades.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli


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