Phrase Hound found 16 phrases and 0 compound words that contain grenades. The most common are listed below. Open grenades in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
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- fire grenadesplural of fire grenade: A glass bulb filled with caustic and often carcinogenic liquid chemicals that, when thrown and broken in a fire, smother the fire by removing oxygen.
- flash grenadesplural of flash grenade: A flashbang.
- fragmentation grenadesplural of fragmentation grenade: An anti-personnel weapon, thrown or otherwise propelled, designed to disperse shrapnel upon exploding.
- hand grenadesplural of hand grenade: A small hand-held explosive device designed to be thrown at an enemy.
- rifle grenadesplural of rifle grenade: A 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 …
- smoke grenadesplural of smoke grenade: A bomb that generates thick smoke when it explodes; used especially to produce a smokescreen.
- stun grenadesplural of stun grenade: flashbang
- concussion grenadesplural of concussion grenade: A flashbang.
- rocket propelled grenadesplural of rocket propelled grenade: A modern hand-held weapons system, comprising a launcher that fires a small explosive rocket.
- almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenadesAlternative form of close only counts in horseshoes: Coming close to achieving a goal is not good enough.
- math grenadesplural of math grenade: The Curta, a cylindrical hand-held mechanical calculator invented in the 1930s.
- frag grenadesplural of frag grenade: An anti-personnel weapon, thrown or otherwise propelled, designed to disperse shrapnel upon exploding.
- holy hand grenadesplural of holy hand grenade: A 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.
- rubber ball blast grenadesplural of rubber ball blast grenade: A type of non-lethal crowd-suppression grenade that spews out semi-hard plastic-coated steel balls similar to rubber bullets when it blasts apart.
- close enough for horseshoes and hand grenadesSynonym of close enough for government work: Adequate; acceptable as government work, imperfect but not worth the time nor effort of improving.
- close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenadesAlternative form of close only counts in horseshoes: Coming close to achieving a goal is not good enough.