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shrapnel
 shrap‧nel/ˈʃræpnəl/ noun [UNCOUNTABLE]
[date : 1800-1900; Origin : Henry Shrapnel (1761-1842), British army officer who invented such bombs]
small pieces of metal from a bomb, bullet etc that are scattered when it explodes:
▪ a soldier with shrapnel wounds in his chest
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
 NOUN
wound
▪ The other victims-five women and two men-suffered shrapnel wounds.
▪ Ainslie, 56, suffered shrapnel wounds to his legs.
▪ He said 56 people had treatment at the hospital, mostly for shrapnel wounds.
▪ She incurred shrapnel wounds as well as third-degree burns.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Many civilians suffered burns and shrapnel wounds.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A bomb missed the Southampton by the breadth of the Admiral's Barge, and another showered the Edinburgh with shrapnel.
▪ A month later he took a half pound of shrapnel in the lower back and thighs.
▪ As soon as the shrapnel flew by, we would immediately jump up.
▪ Both animals had huge shrapnel wounds on their hindquarters.
▪ Even if the shrapnel misses, the concussion will knock you down.
▪ Hissing shells searched the dark thickets through, and shrapnel swept the road along which we moved.
▪ Nowhere to be seen when the shrapnel was flying.
▪ Trouble is, Piper, some people do not appreciate good music, especially when they are dodging flying shrapnel.
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