1. shrapnel - Noun
2. shrapnel - Adjective
Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen. H. Shrapnel of the British army.
A shrapnel shell; shrapnel shells, collectively.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAfter the raid, Werner leaves the U-boat bunker in which he had taken shelter and finds the captain, badly injured by shrapnel and bleeding from the mouth, watching the U-boat sink at the dock. Source: Internet
A fragmentation bomb exploded, and shrapnel was found around the crater. Source: Internet
Cars, pierced with shrapnel, and vans littered the roadside as well as a burnt out tank and other damaged military vehicles. Source: Internet
A piece of shrapnel from an Iron Dome interceptor missile hit the back windshield of a car in the southern town of Sderot on August 2, 2020. Source: Internet
By World War II shrapnel shells, in the strict sense of the word, fell out of use, the last recorded use of shrapnel being 60 pdr shells fired in Burma in 1943. Source: Internet
During the attack on August 10, Kemal was hit in the chest by a spent piece of shrapnel. Source: Internet