English-Finnish translations for shrapnel

• srapnelli
• sirpaleet

Definition of shrapnel

• An anti-personnel artillery shell used in WWI which carries a large number of individual bullets close to the target and then ejects them to allow them to continue along the shell's trajectory and strike the target individually
• Loose change
• Debris

Examples

• The dog ate my sandwich, and there was shrapnel all over the place from him tearing open the bag

Related words

• dishrag
• shrapnels
• shrank
• Shraddha
• bushranger
• ashram
• ashramite
• washrag
• ashrama