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

On Wednesday, police fired rubber bullets and used stun grenades against migrants protesting in Sherwood, who were throwing rocks, sticks and logs at police. —Arkansas Online, 20 June 2026

Video broadcast by South African television stations showed groups of protesters throwing rocks, sticks and logs at police in the streets near the hall, and police officers responding with stun grenades and rubber bullets. —ABC News, 17 June 2026

South African police fired rubber bullets, tear gas, and stun grenades to disperse hundreds of migrants seeking emergency refuge following a wave of vigilante assaults — violence that has escalated diplomatic tensions with Ghana and Nigeria. —Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 22 May 2026

Police relocated worshippers to another location near the Old City walls when officers threw stun grenades at the group. —Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 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