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shrapnel

sh rap nuhl

  • n  shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight

  • American troops in Iraq have become masters of improvisation, like bolting jury-rigged armor to humvees to shield themselves from sniper fire and shrapnel.
  • Usually hidden in the road and detonated by remote control, these so-called improvised explosive devices release powerful blasts and shrapnel as Humvees pass by, carrying soldiers .
  • Yeng survived, but I count 18 shrapnel scars on his legs, his jaw is broken and there is an infected sore on his inner thigh.
News & Articles

  • A soldier's heart: James Gandy Jr. awarded third Purple Heart
    U.S. Army Command Sgt. Major James P. Gandy probably should have taken at least a few days for what the military calls “R and R” after a piece of shrapnel tore through his right leg, causing an injury that would have put most fighting men down for the count. Many would have also used such an injury as their ticket back to the states.
    June 13, 2013 - Stars and Stripes
Quotes

  • Daniel Inouye in Pioneer Press
    One shell fell into the dining room and this old Japanese lady was having her breakfast. When I got there she was slumped over in her food,Inouye said in an interview. "Shrapnel went through her head and killed her. She didn't know what...
  • Kumar Sangakkara in The Age
    I had a few bits of shrapnel pulled out of my shoulder, but that's about it. Everyone's out of danger and very glad to be this lucky,wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara said.
  • John Murtha in USA Today
    During a Wednesday press conference on Capitol Hill, Murtha said the investigation will show that "in fact there was no firefight, there was no explosion that killed the civilians in a bus. There was no bus. There was no shrapnel, there was only...

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