Shrapnel

//ˈʃɹæpnəl//

Synonyms for "shrapnel" (47 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Noun(5 words)

small change baguette blunt bread bugs bunny

ball bar shot bird shot buckshot bullet

Strong matches (14)

cannon shot cannonball case shot crossbar shot duck shot dumdum bullet expanding bullet grape grapeshot

Noun(5 words)

coin fetti flizz gonce gwop

Related words (23)

Noun(11 words)

hoot lovely jubbly mazoola money moola mozzarella muck pelf scrill wampum wonga

langrel shot loose change manstopping bullet pellet rifle ball round shot shell shot slug spare change split shot tracer

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

3 entries

cartridge shell shot

coordinate

1 entries

canister shot

derived

1 entries

pocket shrapnel

etymologically related_to

1 entries

charbonnel

has context

2 entries

historical slang

is a

1 entries

shell

related to

10 entries

anti personnel artillery debris exploding fragment landmine loose change shell shot trajectory

Translations

80 translations across 49 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

skrapnel noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Albanian

1 entries

shrapnel noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Arabic

1 entries

شَظَايَا noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Armenian

2 entries

կոտորակառումբ noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)
շրապնել noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

şrapnel noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Belarusian

2 entries

шрапнэ́ль noun (artillery shell)
шрапнэ́ль noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Bulgarian

2 entries

шрапне́л noun (artillery shell)
шрапне́л noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

子母彈 /子母弹 noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)
彈片 /弹片 noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)
榴霰彈 /榴霰弹 noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)
霰彈 /霰弹 noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Czech

1 entries

šrapnel noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Dutch

1 entries

granaatscherven noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Estonian

1 entries

šrapnell noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Finnish

2 entries

sirpaleet noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)
srapnelli noun (artillery shell)

French

2 entries

shrapnel noun (artillery shell)
shrapnel noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Galician

1 entries

metralla noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Georgian

1 entries

შრაპნელი noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

German

3 entries

Granatsplitter noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)
Schrapnell noun (artillery shell)
Schrapnell noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Greek

2 entries

θραύσμα noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)
μύδρος noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Hindi

1 entries

गंजगोला noun (artillery shell)

Hungarian

1 entries

repesz noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Iranian Persian

3 entries

تَرْکَش noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)
تَرْکِش noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)
شِراپْنِل noun (artillery shell)

Italian

4 entries

bomba antiuomo noun (artillery shell)
proiettili noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)
schegge noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)
scheggia di bomba noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Japanese

2 entries

榴散弾 noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)
榴霰弾 noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Kazakh

1 entries

шрапнель noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Korean

2 entries

류산탄 noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)
유산탄 noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

шрапнель noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Latvian

1 entries

šrapnelis noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Lithuanian

1 entries

šrapnelis noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Macedonian

2 entries

шрапнел noun (artillery shell)
шрапнел noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Malay

2 entries

serpihan bom noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)
serpihan peluru noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Māori

1 entries

matā korara noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

صالقم noun (artillery shell)

Polish

2 entries

szrapnel noun (artillery shell)
szrapnel noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Portuguese

1 entries

estilhaço noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Romanian

2 entries

șrapnel noun (artillery shell)
șrapnel noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Russian

2 entries

шрапне́ль noun (artillery shell)
шрапне́ль noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

šràpnel noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)
шра̀пнел noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Slovak

1 entries

šrapnel noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Slovene

1 entries

šrapnel noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Spanish

3 entries

esquirlas noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)
metralla noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)
shrapnel noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Swedish

1 entries

splitter noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Tajik

2 entries

шрапнел noun (artillery shell)
шрапнел noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Thai

3 entries

ลูกแตก noun (artillery shell)
สะเก็ด noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)
สะเก็ดระเบิด noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Turkish

1 entries

şarapnel noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Turkmen

1 entries

şrapnel noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Ukrainian

2 entries

шрапне́ль noun (artillery shell)
шрапне́ль noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Uyghur

1 entries

شراپنېل noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Uzbek

1 entries

shrapnel noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Vietnamese

2 entries

trái phá noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)
đạn trái phá noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Volapük

1 entries

jräpnäl noun (fragments and debris thrown out by an exploding device)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

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The shrapnel from an explosion is usually more dangerous than the shock wave.

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My grandfather has a piece of shrapnel in his chest.

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I still have a piece of shrapnel in my chest.

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Shrapnel from the grenade was found in his head.

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