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.—
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However, contractors working at the sites, backed by video accounts, said the American security guards fired live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scrambled for food.
—Julia Frankel, Arkansas Online, 25 Nov. 2025
The visiting Universidad de Chile supporters were situated in the tier above Independiente home fans, with local media reporting the trouble started before half time as rocks, toilets, sinks, seats, pieces of masonry, excrement, and stun grenades were thrown between rival fans.
—Colin Millar, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
During the pursuit, the Coast Guard personnel fired two flashbang-style stun grenades in an attempt to gain the suspects’ compliance, leaving one of them with an arm injury, according to the agency.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
In videos obtained recently by the AP from an American contractor working with GHF, contractors are seen using tear gas and stun grenades to keep crowds behind metal fences or to force them to disperse.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2025
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Julia Frankel, Arkansas Online, 25 Nov. 2025
The visiting Universidad de Chile supporters were situated in the tier above Independiente home fans, with local media reporting the trouble started before half time as rocks, toilets, sinks, seats, pieces of masonry, excrement, and stun grenades were thrown between rival fans.
—Colin Millar, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
During the pursuit, the Coast Guard personnel fired two flashbang-style stun grenades in an attempt to gain the suspects’ compliance, leaving one of them with an arm injury, according to the agency.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
In videos obtained recently by the AP from an American contractor working with GHF, contractors are seen using tear gas and stun grenades to keep crowds behind metal fences or to force them to disperse.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2025
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“Stun grenade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stun%20grenade. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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