shrapnel
Explosive metal fragments
Shrapnel is fragments from an exploding bomb, shell, or other munition.
Originally a specific type of artillery shell filled with metal balls, designed to burst in the air and spray its contents over troops below.
Now the word refers to any flying debris from an explosion: She was hit by shrapnel from the blast.
Informally, shrapnel can mean loose change jingling in a pocket.
Thin sharp fragment
- shardBroken fragment of something brittle
- fragmentIncomplete portion of whole
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- sliverThin split-off piece
chip · particle · spall · jagged · piercing · embedded · wound · laceration
Sudden forceful burst
- detonationExplosive ignition event
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- bombExplosive device or disaster
- mineOre excavation site
IED · mortar · ordnance · munitions · warhead · fuse · burst · airburst
Large-caliber battlefield weapons
- bombardmentSustained projectile assault
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- casualtyPerson harmed in disaster
- combatArmed hostile engagement
battlefield · trench · bunker · foxhole · frontline · military · soldier · injury
Metal money units
- loose changeMiscellaneous small currency
- small changeLow-denomination currency
- pocket changeMinor cash on hand
- coppersPennies or bobbies
pennies · nickels · dimes · quarters · spare change · jingling
splinter
Thin sharp fragment
- shardBroken fragment of something brittle
- fragmentIncomplete portion of whole
- debrisScattered broken fragments
sliver · chip · particle · spall · jagged · piercing · embedded · wound · laceration · puncture
blast
Sudden forceful burst
- detonationExplosive ignition event
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- bombExplosive device or disaster
mine · IED · mortar · ordnance · munitions · warhead · fuse · burst · airburst · fragmentation
artillery
Large-caliber battlefield weapons
- bombardmentSustained projectile assault
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- casualtyPerson harmed in disaster
combat · battlefield · trench · bunker · foxhole · frontline · military · soldier · injury · helmet
coins
Metal money units
- loose changeMiscellaneous small currency
- small changeLow-denomination currency
- pocket changeMinor cash on hand
coppers · pennies · nickels · dimes · quarters · spare change · jingling
- artillery ammunitiongrapeshot, chain shot, double shot
- EponymsDarwinian, Alzheimer's disease, Freudian slip, cardigan, Parkinson's disease
- fragmentsfragment, shard, splinter, shards, sliver
- wreckagedebris, wreckage, rubble, remains, remnants
- combat soundsbang, blast, boom, clang, clash
- scrapsbits, scraps, remnants, shards, trimmings
shrapnelbullet
Fired metal projectile
missile · unexploded ordnance · shell · slug · round
shrapnelblast wave
Pressure surge from detonation
shock wave · blast · overpressure · thermal radiation · fireball
- shrapnel woundHarm from blast fragments