grenade.
A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.
Meaning & usage
A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.
A pomegranate.
A charge similar to a fireball, and made of a disc-shaped bomb shell, but with only one set of flames at the top.
An unattractive girl.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French grenade, from Old French grenate in the phrase pomme grenate (“pomegranate”), ultimately from Medieval Latin pōmum (“apple”) + grānātum (“having grains”). The -d developed in French under influence of Spanish granada. Doublet of garnet.
To use grenade(s) upon.
Of an engine: to be violently wrecked so that the internal components burst out.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French grenade, from Old French grenate in the phrase pomme grenate (“pomegranate”), ultimately from Medieval Latin pōmum (“apple”) + grānātum (“having grains”). The -d developed in French under influence of Spanish granada. Doublet of garnet.
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