shrapnel is a piece of metal. for example when a bomb explodes it creates shrapnel
A shrapnel.
Shrapnel,Named after Henry Shrapnel an English artillery engineer who invented an anti personel shell that shattered into metal fragments on detonation.
Shrapnel is little bits of metal from a hand grenade or bullet or some other explosive metal object. It would be dangerous because it will tear up your body, if you were to get hit by it.
Shrapnel is little bits of metal from a hand grenade or bullet or some other explosive metal object. It would be dangerous because it will tear up your body, if you were to get hit by it.
"Shrapnel" means fragment of some military item, like a bullet, or a bomb shell, orsomething like that. You could use it like " As the bomb exploded, shrapnel flew everywhere" or "Asthe bullet made contact, it broke into shrapnel"
Secondary blast effect
The inventor of an artillery shell filled with metal balls and an explosive bursting charge to scatter the balls. These shells and the metal pieces they scatter acquired his name.
Tom Shrapnel's birth name is Thomas Heydon Shrapnel.
Joe Shrapnel's birth name is Joe Sebastian Shrapnel.
Lex Shrapnel's birth name is Alexander Carey Shrapnel.
Over a dozen Marines were wounded on Saturday when they were struck by shrapnel from an IED. The word shrapnel is a noun.