shrapnel

IPA: ʃrˈæpnʌɫ

noun

  • (military, historical) An anti-personnel artillery shell used in World War I which carries a large number of individual bullets close to the target and then ejects them to allow them to continue along the shell's trajectory and strike the target individually.
  • (military, historical) The bullets from the aforementioned type of artillery shell.
  • (military) Shot, fragments, or debris thrown out by an exploding shell, bomb or landmine.
  • (slang) Loose change.
  • Debris.
  • A surname
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Examples of "shrapnel" in Sentences

  • A shrapnel wound is more plausible.
  • The source of the shrapnel is unclear.
  • It protected against shrapnel and cuts.
  • SID and forensics are looking for shrapnel.
  • It survived with shrapnel damage to the tail.
  • Shrapnel removed and appl bacitracin dressing.
  • Catherwood was injured in the knee by shrapnel.
  • Shrapnel is not fragmentation, that's the point.
  • The blast raked the fuselage with flying shrapnel.
  • The shrapnel will ricochet and it is possible for suicide with this weapon.

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