Sentence examples for shrapnel fragments from inspiring English sources

(Equally, any such holes could have been caused by shrapnel fragments from an exploding missile or fuel tank).

While on patrol in 1966 Vietnam, a mine exploded, ripping Sergeant Anderson's legs with shrapnel fragments and killing eight members of his platoon.

However, the insoluble oxides of DU can become lodged in the body by inhalation or as shrapnel fragments.

If your doctor is considering an MRI, let her know about any implants or alterations that cannot be removed, such as tattoos, replacement joints, pacemakers, or shrapnel fragments.[8].

But the rest of it explodes upon impact, sending shrapnel and fragments flying with blind fury and frightening momentum.

While fragments, shrapnel, and projectiles have the advantage of putting a lot of energy on target all at once, lasers have the advantage of being able to continue applying energy.

He can name which part of the human body was penetrated by each slug and pellet, each bit of shrapnel or rocket fragment.

In many places we found fragments of shrapnel in the grass or beside chipped headstones.

Fragments of shrapnel flew sixty or seventy yards from the point of impact.

Razorlike fragments of shrapnel sliced into the baby, killing her almost instantly and severely wounding her mother and the other children.

The police commissioner, Raymond W. Kelly, confirmed on Saturday that all nine were wounded by police bullets, bullet fragments or shrapnel from ricochets.