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shrap·nel [ˈʃræpnəl] N no pl

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to be hit by shrapnel

Examples from the Internet (not verified by PONS Editors)

Geiler was not injured and could get out of the rubble.

Later he found his Bible again and to his astonishment there was a large piece of shell shrapnel wedged inside.

Without the Bible, this would have smashed his head.

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Kurt Geiler konnte sich unverletzt aus den Trümmern retten.

Später fand er seine Bibel wieder und zu seinem Erstaunen steckte darin ein großer Granatsplitter.

Ohne die Bibel hätte dieser ihm wohl den Kopf zerschmettert.

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