Projectile angered rebels (7)

I believe the answer is:

grenade

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'projectile' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'angered rebels' is the wordplay.
'rebels' indicates anagramming the letters.
'angered' is an anagram of 'GRENADE'.

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(Other definitions for grenade that I've seen before include "ultimate weapon" , "Bomb with a pin" , "Handy bomb" , "Hand-thrown explosive" , "Angered (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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