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grenading

grenading is the present participle and gerund of grenade.

Meaning of grenade

Verb

grenade (third-person singular simple present grenades, present participle grenading, simple past and past participle grenaded)

  1. 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, Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall, Island Victory: The Battle of Kwajalein Atoll, page 43
  2. (intransitive, slang) Of an engine: to be violently wrecked so that the internal components burst out.

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Questions about grenading

What is grenading the present participle and gerund of?
Grenading is the present participle and gerund of grenade.

Words near grenading in the dictionary

  1. grenadillo
  2. grenadin
  3. grenadine
  4. grenadines
  5. Grenadinese
  6. grenading
  7. grenado
  8. grenadoes
  9. grenados
  10. Grenagh
  11. grenatite

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