"rocket-propelled grenade" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rocket-propelled grenades [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rocket-propelled grenade (plural rocket-propelled grenades)
  1. A modern hand-held weapons system, comprising a launcher that fires a small explosive rocket. Categories (topical): Explosives, Weapons Synonyms: RPG, rocket propelled grenade Hypernyms: grenade Hyponyms: bazooka, Panzerfaust Related terms: recoilless rifle, grenade launcher Translations (hand-held weapon that fires a small explosive rocket): sinko (Finnish), raketengetriebene Granate [feminine] (German), Panzerabwehrhandwaffe [feminine] (German), lança-granadas-foguete [masculine] (Portuguese), grenadă propulsată de rachete [feminine] (Romanian), ручно́й противота́нковый гранатомёт (ručnój protivotánkovyj granatomjót) [masculine] (Russian), lanzacohetes [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-rocket-propelled_grenade-en-noun-t4Amlbsz Disambiguation of Explosives: 89 11 Disambiguation of Weapons: 92 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 97 3 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'hand-held weapon that fires a small explosive rocket': 75 25
  2. The explosive rocket weapon component of such a system.
    Sense id: en-rocket-propelled_grenade-en-noun-vDz9U1r5

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