Sentence examples for set off a grenade from inspiring English sources

One even set off a grenade.

A security guard shot the hijacker, who almost set off a grenade.

On Oct. 23, a woman riding a minibus in Dagestan set off a grenade, killing herself and wounding several others.

Once in they set off a grenade in the shop and made off with gems, jewellery and watches.

A suspected terrorist who was picked up by the police in Mombasa set off a grenade while in custody, killing one officer and seriously injuring another.

A Syrian hijacker set off a grenade today that wounded 15 passengers on a Royal Jordanian Airlines jet flying to Damascus, and security agents on board shot and killed him.

Ms. Spruill, a 57-year-old city worker who suffered from a heart ailment, died shortly after officers -- following a bad tip from an informer -- forcibly entered her Harlem apartment, set off a flash grenade and handcuffed her.

It had all the potential for a volatile backlash: an unarmed black woman in her 50's home alone in the early morning hours before heading to work when police officers in riot gear break down her door and set off a concussion grenade.

Two dozen people gathered in front of the 25th Precinct station house in Harlem yesterday to protest the death of Alberta Spruill, the 57-year-old woman who died on May 16 after police officers mistakenly raided her home and set off a concussion grenade.

After police entered the home, Tyree set off a smoke grenade, which drove them out.

They took a battering ram to the door, set off a flash grenade, and forced their way inside.