grenade
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• noun
A small explosive, chemical, or gas bomb designed to be thrown by hand or fired from a specialized launcher.
"The tactical response team deployed a smoke grenade to safely obscure their movement across the open courtyard."
A highly disruptive, destructive, or shocking element introduced abruptly into a stable situation.
"The sudden resignation of the chief financial officer was a grenade tossed into the middle of the corporate restructuring process."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle French 'grenade' (pomegranate), derived from Old French 'pome grenate' (seedy apple), ultimately from Latin 'granatus' (having many seeds). The weapon was named for its physical resemblance to the fruit, as the shape of early explosive devices and the shrapnel inside mirrored the fruit and its seeds.
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