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Grenades

Scope note

Weapons consisting of a container fitted with a priming charge and a bursting charge, and filled with a destructive agent such as high explosives, gas, or incendiary chemicals, propelled from firearms or thrown by hand.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000204028

Broader Terms used

<explosive weapons>

Term used for

grenadoes

Equivalent Terms used

grenade

Created

13yrs ago

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