Phrase Hound found 21 phrases and 2 compound words that contain grenade. The most common are listed below. Open grenade in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 21
- grenade launcherA weapon that shoots grenades from a device.
- hand grenadeA small hand-held explosive device designed to be thrown at an enemy.
- smoke grenadeA bomb that generates thick smoke when it explodes; used especially to produce a smokescreen.
- fragmentation grenadeAn anti-personnel weapon, thrown or otherwise propelled, designed to disperse shrapnel upon exploding.
- rocket-propelled grenadeA modern hand-held weapons system, comprising a launcher that fires a small explosive rocket.
- falling on a grenadepresent participle and gerund of fall on a grenade
- fire grenadeA glass bulb filled with caustic and often carcinogenic liquid chemicals that, when thrown and broken in a fire, smother the fire by removing oxygen.
- fall on a grenadeTo sacrifice oneself for the sake of others.
- flash grenadeA flashbang.
- rifle grenadeA grenade (small explosive device) designed to be launched from the muzzle of an infantry soldier's rifle, using a rifle cartridge (usually a specially-designed blank cartridge, but occasionally a normal ball round) for propulsion.
- stun grenadeflashbang
- grenade launchersplural of grenade launcher: A weapon that shoots grenades from a device.
- frag grenadeAlternative form of fragmentation grenade: An anti-personnel weapon, thrown or otherwise propelled, designed to disperse shrapnel upon exploding.
- concussion grenadeA flashbang.
- holy hand grenadeA fictional weapon, usually gilded with gold and adorned with Christian symbolism such as crosses, which is a much more powerful version of a standard hand grenade or explosive.
- hunky hand grenadeA stuffed cabbage roll (holubtsi or gołąbki).
- fallen on a grenadepast participle of fall on a grenade: To sacrifice oneself for the sake of others.
- falls on a grenadethird-person singular simple present indicative of fall on a grenade: To sacrifice oneself for the sake of others.
- fell on a grenadesimple past of fall on a grenade
- rubber ball blast grenadeA type of non-lethal crowd-suppression grenade that spews out semi-hard plastic-coated steel balls similar to rubber bullets when it blasts apart.
- math grenadeThe Curta, a cylindrical hand-held mechanical calculator invented in the 1930s.
Compound words 2
- grenadierA type of soldier, originally one who threw grenades, later a member of a company formed from the tallest men of the regiment; now specifically, a member of the Grenadier Guards of Canada and the United Kingdom.
- grenadelikeResembling a grenade (weapon).