How to Use stun grenade in a Sentence

stun grenade

noun

• When the Waqf failed to persuade the youths to leave, Israeli police broke down the doors and stormed the mosque, firing stun grenades.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Apr. 2023
• Israeli forces responded with live fire, tear gas and stun grenades.
  — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
• Police used tear gas, water cannon and stun grenades to break up a second night of protests on Wednesday.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 9 Mar. 2023
• Their largely peaceful protest was met with tear gas and stun grenades from riot police.
  — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 13 Mar. 2023
• Images on social media and news outlets showed one man who had been hit by a stun grenade with a mangled ear and blood pouring down his neck.
  — Isabel Kershner, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Mar. 2023
• Israeli police fired stun grenades in an attempt to disperse the crowd, while some protesters hurled stones at police and set fire to trash bins.
  — Hamdi Alkhshali, CNN, 3 Sep. 2023
• The Israeli received a 20-month prison sentence for hurling a stun grenade into a Palestinian home, the report said.
  — Dov Lieber, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
• Early Wednesday, Israeli police raided the mosque, firing stun grenades and rubber bullets to evict worshippers who had locked the doors of the building.
  — Isabel Debre and Sam McNeil, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
• Police used rubber bullets and stun grenades to quell the violence, and officials advised residents to avoid the area in central Tel Aviv.
  — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2023
• When the assailants began throwing grenades into the shelter, Mr. Shapira, the off-duty soldier, tossed back at least eight stun grenades and live grenades, with some help, according to survivors.
  — Isabel Kershner Amit Elkayam, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
• The Islamic Waqf authorities, which manage the compound, said police fired stun grenades and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2023
• The Islamic Waqf authorities, which manages the compound, said police fired stun grenades and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds.
  — Isabel Debre and Fares Akram, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Apr. 2023
• On that day, hundreds of peaceful demonstrators found themselves the targets of law enforcement firing stun grenades, gas and rubber bullets into the crowd.
  — Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 25 May 2023
• Shaw entered the Capitol despite witnessing police deploying stun grenades and tear gas to keep rioters out.
  — Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
• The police ended the disruption at the Jerusalem holy site — an area where religious practices are observed by Palestinians and Israeli people — by using rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse the youthful crowds.
  — Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 5 Apr. 2023
• Instead, when residents threw rocks in reaction to the settlers’ aggression, Israeli forces fired at the Palestinians with tear gas and stun grenades, according to analysis of the footage and eyewitness accounts.
  — Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN, 15 June 2023
• Israeli forces used stun grenades when pounding down doors, and employed artillery, airstrikes and heavy gunfire throughout their operation, according to residents.
  — Aya Batrawy, NPR, 6 Apr. 2024
• March 1 Police violently cracked down on protesters, using stun grenades and water cannons.
  — Joe Snell, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
• The current round of violence erupted earlier in the week after Israeli police raided the mosque, firing tear gas and stun grenades to disperse hundreds of Palestinians who had barricaded themselves inside.
  — Josef Federman, ajc, 9 Apr. 2023
• The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that Israeli forces had fired live ammunition, tear gas, and stun grenades during confrontations with local residents.
  — Ronen Bergman, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
• In 2019, a mobile trailer being used by sheriff’s deputies at the Marina del Rey sheriff’s station during a training exercise caught fire when a non-explosive device used to simulate a stun grenade started a fire that engulfed the trailer.
  — Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2024
• At yet another university, officers fired stun grenades at students.
  — Sameer Yasir, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Dec 2024