shrapnel
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So in this experiment, particles were smashed together at high energy and scientists studied the material that was thrown out - the shrapnel of collisions.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
His grandfather settled in Llandudno and worked as a shoe shop manager after the First World War where he had served as a dispatch rider before being injured by shrapnel.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
One letter opener combines steel shrapnel with the copper driving band of an artillery shell and an iron cross.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
A Bangladeshi national was killed Wednesday by falling shrapnel from an intercepted drone in the United Arab Emirates.
From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026
As if on cue, a sheet of ice silently calved off the side of the glacier and crashed into the sea, spraying water and frozen shrapnel several stories high.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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