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

• chockgranat (more common in non-technical contexts)

See also

• distraktionsgranat (“stun grenade, flashbang”)
• spränghandgranat (“high-explosive grenade, HE grenade, fragmentation grenade”)