Synonyms for shrapnel
ˈʃræp nlshrap·nel

Princeton's WordNet

1. shrapnelnoun

   shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight

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1. List of paraphrases for "shrapnel":

   shard

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1. Jeffrey Cohen:

   Anything to slow or divert a bullet or shrapnel.

2. Galina Bayeva:

   Dad's been killed. Mom's in hospital. They didn't make it home ... Dad is lying here. He's full of holes, full of shrapnel.

3. 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.

4. Anna Sorokina:

   It’s clear that shrapnel wounds predominate but there are also bullet wounds.

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.