holy hand grenade

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holy (divine; godly, adjective) +‎ hand grenade (hand-thrown timed explosive, noun); a ellipsis of the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch, coined in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The popularity of holy hand grenades as video game items is largely attributed to the Worms series.

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holy hand grenade (plural holy hand grenades)

  1. A fictional weapon, usually gilded with gold and adorned with Christian symbolism such as crosses, which is a much more powerful version of a standard hand grenade or explosive.

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