Word of the Day: Shrapnel
PRONUNCIATION: [shrap-nel]
MEANING:
noun: 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
ETYMOLOGY: After Henry Shrapnel (1761-1842), English army officer. He invented an artillery shell containing metal balls, which exploded in the air near the target. Earliest documented use: 1806.
USAGE: (1) He has a piece of shrapnel in his leg. (2) Shrapnel from the explosion wounded many people.
SYNONYMS: armament, bomb, buckshot, cannonball, cartridge, explosive, fuse, grenade, gunpowder, missile, munition, napalm, powder, rocket, round, shell, shot, torpedo
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PRONUNCIATION: [shrap-nel]
noun: 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
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USAGE: (1) He has a piece of shrapnel in his leg. (2) Shrapnel from the explosion wounded many people.
SYNONYMS: armament, bomb, buckshot, cannonball, cartridge, explosive, fuse, grenade, gunpowder, missile, munition, napalm, powder, rocket, round, shell, shot, torpedo
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