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

Petit, now 19, belongs to a generation for whom tear gas, water cannons, rubber bullets and stun grenades are par for the course when protesting. — Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026

Much of the criticism focuses on rubber-bullet launchers, known in France as LBDs, and stun grenades, which critics blame for serious injuries to protesters. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

Riot police dispersed protesters using tear gas, stun grenades, and water cannons. — News Desk, Artforum, 21 Oct. 2026

Police were earlier this month accused of excessive force in their response to student protests, after a 15-year-old ​boy's hand was blown off by a stun grenade. — Chloe Taylor,jenni Reid, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

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