fire grenade

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Noun

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fire grenade (plural fire grenades)

  1. (obsolete, 19th century, firefighting) A glass bulb filled with caustic and often carcinogenic liquid chemicals that, when thrown and broken in a fire, smother the fire by removing oxygen.
  2. A thermite grenade.
  3. A white phosphorus grenade.
  4. A firebomb grenade.

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(fire-causing grenade):