A grenade is a projectile containing gunpowder inside. It’s about a explosive which, depending on the design, can be thrown using a grenade launcher or directly by hand.
In the first case, the grenade is a metallic projectile which is fired by an artillery piece. Refering to hand grenadeIt is shaped like a sphere and has a fuse (an element that, located in the nozzle of the pump, allows to ignite the load).
There are several kinds of grenades. The fragmentation grenades they disperse, with their explosion, splinters that are usually lethal. The stun grenadesOn the other hand, they do not cause death, but disorient the enemy by means of a very loud noise and a flash of light. The concussion grenadesmeanwhile, they cause damage with their explosion, without expelling fragments.
There are grenades, on the other hand, that do not explode. The incendiary grenades (that produce fire) and the smoke grenades they are part of this set.
It is also called granada pomegranate fruit, a tree of the family group Punicaceae. The pomegranate has a balloon appearance and has juicy grains with a sweet and sour taste. With the pomegranate the grenadine, a non-alcoholic drink with which they prepare cocktails As the acapulco or tequila Sunrise and the Sex On The Beach.
grenadeFinally, it is the name of several places. A country insular of the American continent that is in the Caribbean Sea; a province and city of Spain; and a city and department of Nicaragua they are named this way.
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