flash bang

A form of flash-bang — A hand grenade that produces a very bright flash and a loud explosion, but no shrapnel and minimal explosive force, to disorient the target.

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Meanings

nounflash bang (plural flash bangs)

plural flash bangs

  1. alternativeAlternative form of flash-bang.

    I have a flash bang with a timer set for 60 seconds.

    2008, James Devries, Deep Cover, page 151
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    A flash bang contains no explosive, and the container is not designed to fragment.

    2003, Dennis Krebs, When Violence Erupts: A Survival Guide for Emergency Responders, page 153

    In January of 2005 in Niagara Falls, New York, an 18-year-old woman who was not the intended arrest target suffered second and third degree burns as a result of the use of a flash bang during the service of a high-risk warrant.

    2007, Frank A. Colaprete, editor, Internal Investigations: A Practitioner's Approach, page 180
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