Sekirov Dictionary

grenade

/ɡɹəˈneɪd/

noun 4
verb 2
forms 3
phrases 1

noun4

A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.
(slang) An unattractive girl.
A charge similar to a fireball, and made of a disc-shaped bomb shell, but with only one set of flames at the top.
(no longer used) A pomegranate.

verb2

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To use grenade(s) upon.
- Some of the infantry got pinned down by it, and from cover kept up the battle by grenading rubble piles or any other likely spots ahead of them. — 2001
(slang) Of an engine: to be violently wrecked so that the internal components burst out.

forms

grenaded · grenading · grenades

Phrases with grenade

fall on a grenade
To sacrifice oneself for the sake of others.

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