frag

[ frag ]

verb (used with object)

, fragged, frag·ging.

1. to kill, wound, or assault (especially an unpopular or overzealous superior) with a fragmentation grenade.

noun

1. fragmentation grenade.

frag

/ fræɡ /

verb

1. slang.
   tr military to kill or wound (a fellow soldier or superior officer) deliberately with an explosive device

Derived Forms

• ˈfragging, noun

Other Words From

• fragger noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of frag¹

An Americanism dating back to 1965–70; by shortening

Word History and Origins

Origin of frag¹

C20: short for fragmentation grenade , as used in Vietnam

Example Sentences

QuakeCon has arrived just in time to frag your wallet.

From The Verge

People have to grant you their cooperation for any idea to work, no matter how brilliant you are, and if they distrust your intentions, if they find you unworthy or not genuine, they will frag you, as Urban Meyer discovered.

From Washington Post

Though there were no protests occurring at the time, Rojas had decided to clean up fragments of rubber bullets, teargas and frag canisters on the public sidewalk in his neighborhood when six police officers confronted him and arrested him.

From The Guardian

The enlisted aide, Master Chief Petty Officer Brian Alazzawi, warned them that the “frag radius” — the area damaged by an explosion — from a war-crime investigation of Chief Gallagher could be wide enough to take down a lot of other SEALs as well, the report said.

From New York Times

He boasts: “Finally you can buy all weapons that you need to make unbelievers bleed inside their cities!! You can even buy Frag grenades and all type of ammunition. And remember that: a disbeliever and a believer who killed him will never be gathered together in hell.”

From Fox News