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Meanings of shrapnel in English

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Usage of shrapnel in English
1
The war?' That type of shrapnel injury does things to a man.
Exit wound
2
The canopy of shrapnel smoke grew thicker; the infantry began to break.
The Last Shot
3
The shrapnel exploded nearer and nearer; at last it reached our ranks.
The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) / The War Begins,...
4
All the while the Russian shrapnel was raining over the German trenches.
America's War for Humanity
5
During a strafing, he'd received a shrapnel wound in the right calf.
A fierce radiance: a novel
6
I was hit by shrapnel and they brought me here, he said.
The Guardian
7
In this case, the shrapnel is human bone from the suicide bomber.
Mass casualties: a young medic's true story of death, deception,...
8
What became of the shell-cases of the shrapnel used to puzzle us.
Five Months at Anzac / A Narrative of Personal Experiences of th...
9
Parts of the pump engine flew through the thin walls like shrapnel.
Make Mine Homogenized
10
The bombs were large, containing smaller bombs of the size of shrapnel.
With the Allies
11
Straightway the enemy observed the oncoming reinforcements, and shrapnel began to fly.
The First Hundred Thousand: Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a ...
12
As the shrapnel burst, the front squadrons seemed to stumble and fall.
The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) / The War Begins,...
13
I had also a fragment of shrapnel casing from a 32 cm.
The Log of a Noncombatant
14
Like shrapnel from machine guns, the liquid missile sweeps a considerable area.
Tropic Days
15
The surgeons mended his wounds, but his nerves had felt the shrapnel.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
16
Around her, scraps of cloth and paper, splinters and shrapnel, flew upward.
Discord's apple
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