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hand grenade

/ˈhænd.ɡɹəˈneɪd/

hand grenade noun: a small hand-held explosive device designed to be thrown at an enemy.

Noun

hand grenade (plural hand grenades)

  1. A small hand-held explosive device designed to be thrown at an enemy.
    • It began with a verbal hand grenade lobbed by Mr. Trump Monday, decrying the staggered release of hostages under the painstakingly crafted Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement brokered by his own envoy along with Qatar, Egypt, and the outgoing Biden administration.2025 February 11, Taylor Luck, “Jordan in a bind: What to offer Trump instead of taking in Gaza refugees?”, in The Christian Science Monitor
  2. (archaic) A fire grenade (kind of portable fire extinguisher).

hand grenade meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Punjabi

hand grenade in Hindi

hand grenade
हथगोला hathgolā

hand grenade in Tamil

explosive device
கையெறிகுண்டு kaiyeṟikuṇṭu

hand grenade in Malayalam

കൈബോംബ്

hand grenade in Punjabi

explosive device
ਹੱਥ ਗੋਲ਼ਾ hattha goḷā
More languagesFewer languages
hand grenade in Indonesian
granat tangan

Forms of hand grenade

pluralhand grenades
alternative formhand-grenade

Words formed from hand grenade

Questions about hand grenade

What does hand grenade mean?
Hand grenade means a small hand-held explosive device designed to be thrown at an enemy.
What is hand grenade in Hindi?
Hand grenade in Hindi is हथगोला (hathgolā). See Hand grenade meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is hand grenade?
Hand grenade is a noun.
How do you pronounce hand grenade?
Hand grenade is pronounced /ˈhænd.ɡɹəˈneɪd/.
What is the plural of hand grenade?
The plural of hand grenade is hand grenades.

Words near hand grenade in the dictionary

  1. hand games
  2. hand gel
  3. hand gels
  4. hand glass
  5. hand glasses
  6. hand grenade
  7. hand grenades
  8. hand grip
  9. hand grips
  10. hand guard
  11. hand guards

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hand grenade (page history and authors); हथगोला (Hindi) (page history and authors); hand grenade (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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