stun grenade

noun

plural stun grenades

: an explosive device that produces a blinding flash of light and a sudden, loud noise : flash-bang

After initially holding back, the police fired stun grenades, tear gas and hard sponge bullets and sent in officers on horseback, prompting demonstrators to accuse them of the kind of police brutality that they had turned out to protest in the first place.

—Isabel Kershner

Examples of stun grenade in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Agents then used a stun grenade, and he eventually was pulled out of the residence. —Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025

The demonstrations turned violent as people threw gasoline bombs and flares outside parliament, and police retaliated by firing tear gas and stun grenades. —Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025

Unfortunately, the soldiers shut the doors on the students inside and then started to use stun grenades against the adults and villagers, pushing them around. —Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025

There were soldiers who were shooting tear gas and stun grenades and live ammunition. —Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for stun grenade

• accolade
• ambuscade
• antegrade
• balustrade
• barricade
• cannonade
• cavalcade
• centigrade
• chambermaid
• colonnade
• countertrade
• disobeyed