shrapnel
noun
Examples of shrapnel in a Sentence
Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
That was in part because DTEK — anticipating such strikes — set up passive protections such as sandbags, which shielded essential staff from shrapnel.
—Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
Private Tretiak, with shrapnel wounds in both legs from grenade explosions and his right hand ripped apart by a bullet, reloaded magazines for his comrade.
—Marc Santora, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
The parent, Stellantis, said in documents posted on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website that affected vehicles' side airbag inflators can explode and hurl shrapnel inside the vehicle.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 22 Mar. 2024
But a United Nations observer, sent to Gaza City's Al-Shifa Hospital, found the majority of the dead and wounded from the convoy had suffered from bullet and shrapnel wounds.
—CBS News, 3 Mar. 2024
Some customers whose repair records mistakenly reflect fixes never made are at risk from the devices, which can explode without warning and spray shrapnel on vehicle occupants.
—Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2024
When his family’s neighborhood in northern Gaza was bombarded in early December, three pieces of shrapnel struck Abdel Rahman, fracturing his skull.
—Nariman El-Mofty Alan Yuhas, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
The facility is next to Jordan High School, where students and staff have long complained that school grounds have been coated in metallic dust and pelted with metal shrapnel.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
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Word History
Henry Shrapnel †1842 English artillery officer
1806, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Shrapnel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shrapnel. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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