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shrapnel
[ shrap-nl ]
noun
- Military.
- a hollow projectile containing bullets or the like and a bursting charge, designed to explode before reaching the target, and to set free a shower of missiles.
- such projectiles collectively.
- shell fragments.
shrapnel
/ ˈʃæə /
noun
- a projectile containing a number of small pellets or bullets exploded before impact
- such projectiles collectively
- fragments from this or any other type of shell
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of shrapnel1
1800–10; named after Henry Shrapnel (1761–1842), English army officer, its inventor
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of shrapnel1
C19: named after H. Shrapnel (1761–1842), English army officer, who invented it
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Inside Mayada’s home, the living room has a frieze of shrapnel spatter covering a wall.
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The explosion also left shrapnel in head and chest.
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A soldier cleaning up rubble on the floor told us that most of the damage was caused by shrapnel from shelling around the church.
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"We went home two months ago... even though the house is destroyed, with shrapnel in it and the windows broken," she told Reuters news agency.
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On 13 March, "Artem" sent a telegram message from a military hospital, where he was being treated for shrapnel wounds suffered in a drone attack.
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