chockhandgranat
Swedish
Etymology
chock (“shock”) + handgranat (“hand grenade”)
Noun
chockhandgranat c
- (military) a concussion grenade
- a stun grenade, a flashbang (see usage notes)
Usage notes
"Concussion grenade" vs. "flashbang" appears to correspond in usage to "chock(hand)granat" vs. "distraktionsgranat," with a "concussion grenade"/"chock(hand)granat" being a lethal weapon designed to produce minimal shrapnel in technical language, and often being treated as synonymous with "flashbang"/"distraktionsgranat" otherwise.
Declension
| Declension of chockhandgranat | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | chockhandgranat | chockhandgranaten | chockhandgranater | chockhandgranaterna |
| Genitive | chockhandgranats | chockhandgranatens | chockhandgranaters | chockhandgranaternas |
Synonyms
- chockgranat (more common in non-technical contexts)
See also
- distraktionsgranat (“stun grenade, flashbang”)
- spränghandgranat (“high-explosive grenade, HE grenade, fragmentation grenade”)
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