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Shrapnel

shrapnel
- 1806, from Gen. Henry Shrapnel (1761-1841), British army officer who invented a type of exploding, fragmenting shell during the Peninsular War. Sense of "shell fragments" is first recorded 1940.
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1.
  ~ n small pieces of metal from a bomb, bullet etc that are scattered when it explodes  (Robert suffers from an old shrapnel wound.) ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
  Shrapnel consists of small pieces of metal which are scattered from exploding bombs and shells. He was hit by shrapnel from a grenade. N-UNCOUNT ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
3.
   noun  (plural ~)  Etymology: Henry Shrapnel died 1842 English artillery officer  Date: 1806  1. a projectile that consists of a case provided with a powder charge and a large number of usually lead balls and that is exploded in flight  2. bomb, mine, or shell fragments ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
4.
  n. 1 fragments of a bomb etc. thrown out by an explosion. 2 a shell containing bullets or pieces of metal timed to burst short of impact. Etymology: Gen. H. Shrapnel, Brit. soldier d. 1842, inventor of the shell ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
5.
  шрапнель, шрапнельный ...
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
6.
  1. воен. шрапнель (также shrapnel shell) shrapnel body —- шрапнельный стакан ...
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7.
  noun шрапнель ...
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