Antonyms for shrapnel
ˈʃræp nlshrap·nel

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Princeton's WordNet

1. shrapnelnoun

   shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight

How to use shrapnel in a sentence?

1. Marine Justin Blazejewski:

   We came out, and I tripped and hurt my ankle, the next day, we had another explosion. It knocked me unconscious. I woke up and had several injuries and pieces of shrapnel in my ankle. That's when, as a runner, it stopped for me.

2. East Palestine Mayor Trent Conaway:

   There (were) two options: We either detonate those tanks, or they detonate themselves, yes, harmful chemicals went into the air. I am truly sorry, but that is the only option we had. If we didn’t do that, then they were going to blow up, and we were going to have shrapnel all across this town.

3. Jim Jobling:

   It fires a shell that is about 3 inches in diameter, it could have been used as case shot, or shrapnel, on ongoing soldiers or sailors in rowboats.

4. Jeffrey Cohen:

   Anything to slow or divert a bullet or shrapnel.

5. Jake Schick:

   I was leaving my family to go see my family, that was painful, much worse than the compound fractures in my left leg and arm, the broken ribs, the shrapnel and burns. The fact that I was leaving my brothers hurt more than anything … I had to leave them knowing they were in harm’s way and there was nothing I could do about it.

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