flash grenade

noun

Etymology

From flash + grenade. From the bright flash generated by this type of hand-throwable man-portable explosive device.

  1. derived from pomum
  2. derived from grenate
  3. borrowed from grenade
  4. compounded as flash grenade — “flash + grenade

Definitions

  1. A flashbang.

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