Definition of grenades Grenades

/gɹʌnejˈdz/ - [gruneydz] -

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What does grenades mean?

Wiktionary

grenades (Noun)
Plural of grenade.

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grenades, noun, plural of grenade.

WordNet

Noun Plural: grenades
grenade - a small explosive bomb thrown by hand or fired from a missile
		bomb an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
		hand grenade a grenade designed to be thrown by hand

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Wiktionary

grenade (Noun)
A pomegranate.
grenade (Noun)
A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched from a grenade launcher.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

grenade (n.)
A hollow ball or shell of iron filled with powder of other explosive, ignited by means of a fuse, and thrown from the hand among enemies.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

grenade
A small hand-held bomb designed to be thrown by hand or fired from a grenade launcher.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

grenade
gre-nād′, n. a small shell of iron or annealed glass, filled with powder and bits of iron, and thrown from the hand, or with a shovel over a parapet. [Fr.,—Sp. granada—L. granatus, full of seeds—granum, a grain, seed.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

grenade
Now restricted to hand-grenade, weighing about 2 lbs., and the fuze being previously lit, is conveniently thrown by hand from the tops of ships on to an enemy's deck, from the parapet into the ditch, or generally against an enemy otherwise difficult to reach. A number of grenades, moreover, being quilted together with their fuzes outwards, called a "bouquet," is fired short distances with good effect from mortars in the latter stages of a siege.

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

grenade
In gunnery, is a shell thrown from the hand, or in barrels from mortars of large caliber, and ignited as other shells by means of a fuze. There are hand-grenades and rampart-grenades; old 6-pounder spherical-case may be used for the former, and shells of any caliber for the latter. Grenades are useful in the defense of works, the smaller, thrown by hand into the head of a sap, trenches, covered way, or upon the besiegers mounting a breach; the larger kinds are rolled over the parapet in a trough. Hand-grenades are intended to be used against the enemy when he has reached such parts of the defenses (the bottom of the ditch for example) as are not covered by the guns, or the muskets of the infantry posted on the banquettes. After the enemy has passed the abatis and jumped into the ditch, hand-grenades will be used; and then if he mounts the parapet, he must be met there with the bayonet. Ketchum’s hand-grenade is a small oblong percussion shell which explodes on striking the object.

Wikipedia

Hand-held grenades.

Hand-held grenades are grenades used by the infantry (soldiers). There are three main types: one which gives a big powerful blast to destroy bunkers, another which starts fires and another which contains shrapnel to hurt enemy soldiers.

A hand-held grenade is usually shaped like an egg, with a metal-arm on its top and a ring. When you pull out the ring, the arm flips up and ignites a fuse. The user then has a few seconds to throw it and take cover, usually about 5 seconds.

An early type of hand-held grenade was a iron-ball, filled with gunpowder and with a long fuse that its user must light up with a match before throwing. The German army used stick grenades (grenades with handles) during World War one and World War two.

Cannon-grenades.

The most commonly used grenade, and it comes in all sizes, from 50mm cannons against aircraft, to 105mm shots in tanks, to up to 50cm or more mounted on great battleships or coastal fortresses.

It works the same way as a gun, but instead of just a lead bullet, the shell is packed with explosives like TNT. An artillery-grenade can do a lot of damage when it explodes.

Airplane-ammo-grenades.

Airplane-ammo-grenades are used in machine-cannons mounted on either warplanes or gunships (helicopters built for war). It is the same shape as a ordinarey shot, but much bigger. It consist of a tube with an ignition mechanism in its rear, which throws out the shell very quickly. The shell is loaded with TNT or any other type of explosiv