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grenade

[gri-neyd] / grɪˈneɪd /


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Yellow and red smoke bombs representing grenade fire could be seen rising above power facilities scattered across the city.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The Justice Department is now seeking the forfeiture of those weapons, including over 1 million rounds of ammunition and thousands of proximity fuses for rocket-propelled grenades."

From Reuters

“But if you rob a bank and I arrest you, and you threaten to throw a hand grenade at the courthouse, the problem is not that I arrested you for robbing a bank.”

From New York Times

Officers fired thousands of tear-gas canisters and dispersal grenades to push them back, and protesters responded by throwing firebombs, rocks and other projectiles, and setting several police vans on fire.

From New York Times

Authorities have since banned most planned protests in Dakar and dispersed gatherings with tear gas and stun grenades, including the latest on Wednesday.

From Reuters