Shrapnel
noun
Small metal pieces that scatter outwards from an exploding bomb, grenade, or landmine.
Several soldiers were injured by the shrapnel from the exploded bomb.
Often appears as...
- shrapnel wounds
- shrapnel injury
noun
Small pieces or fragments scattered from a source.
The shrapnel from the broken glass caused deep cuts in his skin.
Often appears as...
- glass shrapnel
- debris shrapnel
noun
Small metal pieces that scatter outwards from an exploding bomb, grenade, or landmine.
Several soldiers were injured by the shrapnel from the exploded bomb.
Often appears as...
- shrapnel wounds
- shrapnel injury
noun
Small pieces or fragments scattered from a source.
The shrapnel from the broken glass caused deep cuts in his skin.
Often appears as...
- glass shrapnel
- debris shrapnel
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Origin Usage
Originally described metal fragments from artillery shells, now used for any explosive.
Historically, shrapnel referred to artillery shell fragments.
Pro Tip 2/3Violent Imagery
Implies violent explosions and injuries, evoking powerful images and emotions.
Survivors described the chaos and the terrifying shrapnel that flew during the battle.
Pro Tip 3/3Hazard Connotation
Suggests danger or harm, often used in contexts of warfare and violent incidents.
The bomb squad managed to contain the explosion, minimizing the threat of shrapnel.
Pro Tip 1/3Origin Usage
Originally described metal fragments from artillery shells, now used for any explosive.
Historically, shrapnel referred to artillery shell fragments.
Pro Tip 2/3Violent Imagery
Implies violent explosions and injuries, evoking powerful images and emotions.
Survivors described the chaos and the terrifying shrapnel that flew during the battle.
Pro Tip 3/3Hazard Connotation
Suggests danger or harm, often used in contexts of warfare and violent incidents.
The bomb squad managed to contain the explosion, minimizing the threat of shrapnel.
Pro Tip 1/3Origin Usage
Originally described metal fragments from artillery shells, now used for any explosive.
Historically, shrapnel referred to artillery shell fragments.
Pro Tip 2/3Violent Imagery
Implies violent explosions and injuries, evoking powerful images and emotions.
Survivors described the chaos and the terrifying shrapnel that flew during the battle.
Pro Tip 3/3Hazard Connotation
Suggests danger or harm, often used in contexts of warfare and violent incidents.
The bomb squad managed to contain the explosion, minimizing the threat of shrapnel.
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Making the impossible...
they make a crater shrapnel goes flying everywhere and so if you're in that path of the shrapnel not doing so good so because of that there's foxholes everywhere people will jump in into caves but they've been system and then when the dust settles people come out
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Watch This Veteran Fly...
would get him out of a front and situation and to this day I'm still carrying about a 3/8 inch piece of shrapnel on my left brush which makes it hard to operate there was no family who come back to I was just looking for a place to hang up my hat and I came back
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The case for curiosity-dr...
helping soldiers' lives being saved by surgeons, who could then find pieces of bullets and shrapnel inside their bodies. But there's no way we could have come up with that technology by asking scientists to build better surgical probes.
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Concrete "Bomb" PIPE I...
disperse a lethal shrapnel over a wide area concrete bombs containing no shrapnel at we've decided to see just how much damage an explosive bomb can cause to the area surrounding its target and then compare that to the collateral damage
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Inside the Green Berets:...
deep second-degree burns up and down his arms and it on his face we both had shrapnel through our faces and up and down our arms and I too had second-degree burns up and down my face but not as deep as his in the dutch
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Shootout in the Streets...
have important but Phyllis has other plans and they just brought up these two huge guns the car pieces were hitting us in the head in the arms and the legs you think of shrapnel you think of men in a
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Poppy The Baby Chimp Has...
the reason papi came to us and and the reason any chimp comes to us is because her mother was killed for bush meat and poppy has a little bit of shrapnel in different places that probably came off
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Fighting with...
tanks and shrapnel what's the most effective thing to do fight back given use more force this question how do I deal with the bully without becoming a thug in return has been with me ever
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Dealing with Dangerous...
But in the commotion I noticed Bobby staggering to the back of the boat. He'd been shot, hit by shrapnel. You okay?
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Heading Into an Ambush PIPE...
the shrapnel hit the back of my neck and then the fire just became overwhelming
Video examples
Making the impossible...
they make a crater shrapnel goes flying everywhere and so if you're in that path of the shrapnel not doing so good so because of that there's foxholes everywhere people will jump in into caves but they've been system and then when the dust settles people come out
Video examples
Watch This Veteran Fly...
would get him out of a front and situation and to this day I'm still carrying about a 3/8 inch piece of shrapnel on my left brush which makes it hard to operate there was no family who come back to I was just looking for a place to hang up my hat and I came back
Video examples
The case for curiosity-dr...
helping soldiers' lives being saved by surgeons, who could then find pieces of bullets and shrapnel inside their bodies. But there's no way we could have come up with that technology by asking scientists to build better surgical probes.
Video examples
Concrete "Bomb" PIPE I...
disperse a lethal shrapnel over a wide area concrete bombs containing no shrapnel at we've decided to see just how much damage an explosive bomb can cause to the area surrounding its target and then compare that to the collateral damage
Video examples
Inside the Green Berets:...
deep second-degree burns up and down his arms and it on his face we both had shrapnel through our faces and up and down our arms and I too had second-degree burns up and down my face but not as deep as his in the dutch
Video examples
Shootout in the Streets...
have important but Phyllis has other plans and they just brought up these two huge guns the car pieces were hitting us in the head in the arms and the legs you think of shrapnel you think of men in a
Video examples
Poppy The Baby Chimp Has...
the reason papi came to us and and the reason any chimp comes to us is because her mother was killed for bush meat and poppy has a little bit of shrapnel in different places that probably came off
Video examples
Fighting with...
tanks and shrapnel what's the most effective thing to do fight back given use more force this question how do I deal with the bully without becoming a thug in return has been with me ever
Video examples
Dealing with Dangerous...
But in the commotion I noticed Bobby staggering to the back of the boat. He'd been shot, hit by shrapnel. You okay?
Video examples
Heading Into an Ambush PIPE...
the shrapnel hit the back of my neck and then the fire just became overwhelming
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Quote examples
James Belushi
American Actor
Accidents happen, whether they're car accidents, friendly fire, drug overdoses. Accidents happen, and they're tragic. It's like a bomb that goes off and pieces of shrapnel rip into the flesh of the family. It's the families that need the compassion, because everywhere they walk, every day, someone reminds them of their loss.
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Fritz Kreisler
Austrian Composer
Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from sheer exhaustion in the trenches, in spite of the roaring of the cannon about us and the whizzing of shrapnel over our heads.
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Deborah Tannen
American Sociologist
For girls and women, talk is the glue that holds a relationship together - and the explosive that can blow it apart. That's why you can think you're having a perfectly amiable chat, then suddenly find yourself wounded by the shrapnel from an exploded conversation.
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Philip Gibbs
British Journalist
When we got down from the ambulances there were sharp cracks about us as bursts of shrapnel splashed down upon the Town Hall square. Dead soldiers lay outside and I glanced at them coldly. We were in search of the living.
Quote examples
Fritz Kreisler
Austrian Composer
Suddenly, at about ten o'clock, a dull thud sounded somewhere far away from us, and simultaneously we saw a small white round cloud about half a mile ahead of us where the shrapnel had exploded. The battle had begun.
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Colum McCann
Irish Writer
The short story is an imploding universe. It has all the boil of energy inside it. A novel has shrapnel going all over the place. You can have a mistake in a novel. A short story has to be perfect.
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Debra Granik
American Director
I'm someone who's always looking for hope - if there's a ray of hope, a shrapnel, shred, a flake of hope - because I take the misfortune or hard times of others very seriously.
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John Hodgman
American Comedian
I have a lot of cultural references that have amassed in my brain like shrapnel over the years that are meaningful to me.
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Katharine Whitehorn
British Journalist
Hats divide generally into three classes: offensive hats, defensive hats, and shrapnel.
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George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings.
Quote examples
James Belushi
American Actor
Accidents happen, whether they're car accidents, friendly fire, drug overdoses. Accidents happen, and they're tragic. It's like a bomb that goes off and pieces of shrapnel rip into the flesh of the family. It's the families that need the compassion, because everywhere they walk, every day, someone reminds them of their loss.
Quote examples
Fritz Kreisler
Austrian Composer
Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from sheer exhaustion in the trenches, in spite of the roaring of the cannon about us and the whizzing of shrapnel over our heads.
Quote examples
Deborah Tannen
American Sociologist
For girls and women, talk is the glue that holds a relationship together - and the explosive that can blow it apart. That's why you can think you're having a perfectly amiable chat, then suddenly find yourself wounded by the shrapnel from an exploded conversation.
Quote examples
Philip Gibbs
British Journalist
When we got down from the ambulances there were sharp cracks about us as bursts of shrapnel splashed down upon the Town Hall square. Dead soldiers lay outside and I glanced at them coldly. We were in search of the living.
Quote examples
Fritz Kreisler
Austrian Composer
Suddenly, at about ten o'clock, a dull thud sounded somewhere far away from us, and simultaneously we saw a small white round cloud about half a mile ahead of us where the shrapnel had exploded. The battle had begun.
Quote examples
Colum McCann
Irish Writer
The short story is an imploding universe. It has all the boil of energy inside it. A novel has shrapnel going all over the place. You can have a mistake in a novel. A short story has to be perfect.
Quote examples
Debra Granik
American Director
I'm someone who's always looking for hope - if there's a ray of hope, a shrapnel, shred, a flake of hope - because I take the misfortune or hard times of others very seriously.
Quote examples
John Hodgman
American Comedian
I have a lot of cultural references that have amassed in my brain like shrapnel over the years that are meaningful to me.
Quote examples
Katharine Whitehorn
British Journalist
Hats divide generally into three classes: offensive hats, defensive hats, and shrapnel.
Quote examples
George Santayana
Spanish Philosopher
The word experience is like a shrapnel shell, and bursts into a thousand meanings.
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