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Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: 'pomegranate, grenade', from Late Latin granata, from Latin granum ( GRAIN); because the bomb looks like the fruit

grenade

 noun
     
grenade
Related topics: Weapons
gre‧nade [countable]
PMW a small bomb that can be thrown by hand or fired from a gun:
a hand grenade
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