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rifle grenade

rifle grenade noun: a grenade (small explosive device) designed to be launched from the muzzle of an infantry soldier's rifle, using a rifle cartridge (usually a specially-designed blank cartridge, but occasionally a normal ball round) for propulsion.

rifle grenade: a grenade (small explosive device) designed to be launched from the muzzle of an infantry soldier's...
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Noun

rifle grenade (plural rifle grenades)

  1. A grenade (small explosive device) designed to be launched from the muzzle of an infantry soldier's rifle, using a rifle cartridge (usually a specially-designed blank cartridge, but occasionally a normal ball round) for propulsion.

Forms of rifle grenade

pluralrifle grenades

Questions about rifle grenade

What does rifle grenade mean?
Rifle grenade means a grenade (small explosive device) designed to be launched from the muzzle of an infantry soldier's rifle, using a rifle cartridge (usually a specially-designed blank cartridge, but occasionally a normal ball round) for propulsion.
What part of speech is rifle grenade?
Rifle grenade is a noun.
What is the plural of rifle grenade?
The plural of rifle grenade is rifle grenades.

Words near rifle grenade in the dictionary

  1. rifle cartridge
  2. rifle cartridges
  3. rifle fish
  4. rifle green
  5. rifle greens
  6. rifle grenade
  7. rifle grenades
  8. rifle is fine
  9. rifle pit
  10. rifle pits
  11. rifle range

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