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grenade

noun as in bomb

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Joshi was reported to have saved his friends by throwing a grenade back at the assailants storming the community, according to a survivor.

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"Dozens of smoke grenades and pyrotechnic devices were thrown," Israeli police posted on X, adding "this is not a football game, this is disorder and serious violence".

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Last week, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order requiring agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas, chemical sprays, plastic bullets and flash grenades.

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Doghmosh and other family members said Hamas torched houses and cars and fired machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.

When two grenades slid across the floor of a basement in Kibbutz Alumim, he lunged forward, picked up one and lobbed it to safety.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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