English Explanatory Dictionary

fire grenade

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A glass bulb filled with caustic and often carcinogenic liquid chemicals that, when thrown and broken in a fire, smother the fire by removing oxygen.
  2. A thermite grenade.
  3. A white phosphorus grenade.
  4. A firebomb grenade.

Word forms

fire grenade fire grenades

Related words

napalm Greek fire Molotov cocktail
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