flash bangs

Tactical blinding devices

Flash bangs are stun grenades—devices that produce a blinding flash and deafening bang to disorient without causing permanent injury.

Used by military and police during raids or hostage situations: The SWAT team tossed flash bangs through the window before breaching.

Also called flashbangs or flash-bang grenades.

disorientation

stun

Daze by force

  • blindLacking the sense of sight
  • deafenImpair hearing temporarily
  • dazeBewildered mental state

confusion · vertigo · dizziness · shock · startle · overwhelm · sensory overload · disarray · bewilderment · jarring

military

grenade

Handheld thrown explosive

assault · deployment · detonation · fuse · pin · throw · munition · training · smoke grenade · crowd control

tactical

SWAT

Elite police squad

  • breachBreaking of agreement
  • raidSudden armed incursion
  • entryAccess or submission

clearing · hostage rescue · special forces · non-lethal · perimeter · infiltration · dynamic entry · room clearing · point man · urban warfare

Categories
Opposites
lethality/harm intent

flash bangsfragmentation grenades

Explosives designed to scatter debris

frag grenades · live ammunition · deadly force · claymore mines · concussion grenades

sensory effect type

flash bangssmoke grenades

Devices emitting dense vapor

tear gas · CS gas · obscurants · smoke bombs · pepper spray

tactical visibility/stealth

flash bangsstealth approach

Undetected method of nearing

night vision

Family

flash, bang, flashes, flashed, flashing, flashy, flasher, flashiest, flashier

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Rated PG-13