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grenades

noun as in munitions

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Eyewitnesses said the convoy was attacked by masked men who threw grenades.

From BBC

"It's like we have some hand grenades in the back of a jeep and sometimes they go off when there's a lot of pressure."

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These were mainly grenades, shells and other weapons left behind by fleeing fighters from both sides - no landmines are thought to have been planted in this area.

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On Thursday, Ivory Coast's Security Council said it had carried out a series of raids on universities in Abidjan and the central city of Bouaké in which more than 100 machetes and grenades were seized.

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First there was a shooting outside the Israeli embassy in Stockholm, then two Swedish teenagers aged 16 and 19 were arrested in Copenhagen after hand grenades were detonated near the embassy there.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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