grenade

Etymology

Borrowed from French grenade, from Old French grenate in the phrase pomme grenate (“pomegranate”), ultimately from Medieval Latin pomum (“apple”) + granatum (“having grains”). The -d developed in French under influence of Spanish granada.

noun

1. A small explosive device, designed to be thrown by hand or launched using a rifle, grenade launcher, or rocket.
2. (obsolete) A pomegranate.
3. (heraldry) A charge similar to a fireball, and made of a disc-shaped bomb shell, but with only one set of flames at the top.
4. (slang) An unattractive girl.

verb

1. To use grenade(s) upon.
   Some of the infantry got pinned down by it, and from cover kept up the battle by grenading rubble piles or any other likely spots ahead of them. 2001, Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall, Island Victory: The Battle of Kwajalein Atoll, page 43
   They advanced after grenading the next traverse, much like the British did. 2015, Gordon L. Rottman, The Hand Grenade, page 46