Definition of Smoke grenade

1. Noun. A bomb that gives off thick smoke when it explodes; used to make a smoke screen or to mark a position.

Exact synonyms: Smoke Bomb
Generic synonyms: Bomb

Lexicographical Neighbors of Smoke Grenade

smoke-free
smoke-signal
smoke-signals
smoke alarm
smoke alarms
smoke and mirrors
smoke bomb
smoke bush
smoke detector
smoke detectors
smoke dope
smoke eater
smoke eaters
smoke explosion
smoke explosions
smoke grenade (current term)
smoke hole
smoke inhalation injury
smoke jumper
smoke jumpers
smoke like a chimney
smoke out
smoke point
smoke poles
smoke ring
smoke screen
smoke signal
smoke signals
smoke test

Literary usage of Smoke grenade

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chemical Warfare by Amos Alfred Fries, Clarence Jay West (1921)
"smoke grenade The smoke grenade is also designed for ... The method of firing the smoke grenade is the same as that of any grenade using the same type of ..."

2. Gas Warfare by Edward Samuel Farrow (1920)
"The rifle smoke grenade is most effective in brush or wooded country, particularly where the terrain is undulating, thus permitting a detachment of ..."

3. Chemical Warfare by Amos Alfred Fries, Clarence Jay West (1921)
"... Gas grenade 750000 smoke grenade 480000 Livens drum 30000 One point relating to the casualties resulting from the work should perhaps be mentioned here. ..."

4. Howard's Hill and Other True Stories: Small Unit Marine Action in Vietnam by DIANE Publishing Company (1990)
"A Marine would pitch a yellow smoke grenade and no sooner would it billow than a half a dozen clouds of yellow would filter from surrounding hedgerows. ..."

5. Do the Right Thing: The People's Economist Speaks by Walter Edward Williams (1995)
"The AJF video suggests that three of the agents were killed by one of their own, who is shown tossing a smoke grenade into the room fellow agents just ..."

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