shrapnel

Example Sentences

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The devices were made of fireworks bundled together with staples, pins and thumb tacks to create shrapnel, the FBI said.

From Seattle Times

The Russians retaliated with withering artillery fire, and three days later, Da Vinci was mortally wounded in the neck and chest by shrapnel from a shell strike.

From New York Times

"My comrade behind the dugout received shrapnel wounds and bled to death," the 28-year-old told Reuters as he sat in a wheelchair, declining to give his full name.

From Reuters

In the ensuing battles over the airport, located just outside Kyiv, the plane was sprayed with shrapnel and caught fire.

From New York Times

A woman in her 80s with a piece of shrapnel in her arm.

From Seattle Times