chockhandgranat

Swedish

Etymology

chock (shock) +‎ handgranat (hand grenade)

Noun

chockhandgranat c

  1. (military) a concussion grenade
  2. 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
nominative genitive
singular indefinite chockhandgranat chockhandgranats
definite chockhandgranaten chockhandgranatens
plural indefinite chockhandgranater chockhandgranaters
definite chockhandgranaterna chockhandgranaternas

Synonyms

See also