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Hand grenade

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Grenade
493 words, approx. 2 pages
small explosive, chemical, or gas bomb that is used at short range. The word grenade probably derived from the French word for pomegranate, because the bulbous shapes of early grenades resembled that fruit. Grenades came into use around the 15th...
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Grenade Summary
343 words, approx. 1 pages
The prototype of the modern grenade was created in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. They were made of bark, glass, clay, or earthenware pots filled with large grains of black powder that was set off by a fuse of corned powder housed in a quill...
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Grenade
128 words, approx. 1 pages
Small explosive, chemical, or gas bomb used at short range. Invented in the 15th century, it became so important that 17th-century European armies had specially trained grenade throwers, or grenadiers. After &circa; 1750 grenades were largely abandoned...
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Hand grenade Information
5,032 words, approx. 17 pages
A hand grenade is a small hand-held anti-personnel weapon designed to be thrown and then explode after a short time. The word "grenade" is derived from the Old French (pome) grenate ("pomegranate"), in reference to the general size of early grenades,...


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Daily Mail
Your hand grenades are in the post
07/13/2007: 342 words, approx. 1 pages
A COLLECTOR of Second World War memorabilia was delighted when he sold two grenades on the eBay Internet auction site. He wrapped up the small bombs, popped them into padded bags and posted them to the buyer. But when the packages arrived...
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The Independent - London
Film: As happy as a hand grenade
08/29/1996: 1,215 words, approx. 4 pages
Martin Donovan's eyes say: I'm going to kill you and it will not be quick. Still, he's devilishly handsome - tall and stately and serious, with a jaw the size of a small country. And that trademark floppy haircut, like a pair of curtains...
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AP News
6 indicted in Ala. militia raids
5/3/2007: 257 words, approx. 1 pages
Five men accused of belonging to a self-styled militia were indicted on federal explosives and weapons charges after raids that uncovered an arsenal of homemade hand grenades and firearms, authorities said.The men remained in jail Thursday without bail after a federal agent testified this week...
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AP News
Grenade-Shaped Belt Buckle Causes Stir
6/19/2006: 264 words, approx. 1 pages
A belt buckle resembling a hand grenade caused the evacuation of part of a terminal at Salt Lake City International Airport on Monday, officials said. The lobby and ticket counter areas of Terminal One were evacuated for about an hour...
 


 

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