What's the difference between exploding and shrapnel?

Exploding


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Explode

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Louis CK is exploding a few myths about one of pop culture's most hallowed spaces, the sitcom writers' room.
  • (2) You can also blast individual eyeballs from their sockets, or – if you're particularly skilful – make their testicles explode like a pair of microwaved eggs.
  • (3) It exploded when leading daily El Pais published copies of account ledgers purportedly showing irregular payments to top party members including Rajoy, its leader since 2004.
  • (4) Roddy was told he wouldn't live beyond 30 and used to drive everywhere at full pelt while smoking exploding cigarettes.
  • (5) The smaller spheres and some of the cylinders exploded and fragments and even whole cylinders weighing around 30 tons, were scattered over distances ranging from a few to up to 1200 m.
  • (6) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Device explodes in New Jersey as robot attempts to disarm He said the chicken store had faced complaints and problems in 2012, when the city council and police ruled that it should close at 10pm.
  • (7) I remember seeing these exploding glass panels of blood, and thinking, 'Well, he's a relief.'"
  • (8) If Egypt explodes, the explosion will be much bigger, too.
  • (9) Mohammed Hanif, the award winning novelist, also parodied General Zia and his inner circle in his novel, A Case of Exploding Mangoes .
  • (10) Simmering resentment towards the US presence on Okinawa exploded into anger in 1995 after three servicemen abducted and raped a 12-year-old girl , a crime that prompted lengthy negotiations on reducing the country's military footprint.
  • (11) Three minutes later the Arena Pernambuco exploded into a riot of noise and colour as Guardado made the game safe, calmly slotting home from six yards after Herrera’s pass had missed out Hernández.
  • (12) Visiting journalists were briefed by security officers on the latest attacks: five IEDs detonated or exploded in 48 hours; a car bomb discovered and detonated; and "a rash" of grenade attacks.
  • (13) So while Blackburn might have been surprised when City exploded into life just before the hour to take control with two excellent goals in two minutes, they could have no real complaints.
  • (14) It exploded in mid-air, sparking speculation it was downed accidentally by Ukranian military on exercises in Crimea.
  • (15) Such was its challenge that, when it was found in the library of a school run by the Inner London Education Authority in 1986, the fuss exploded and the book was subsequently cited as one of the spurs to the controversial Section 28 of the Local Government Act of 1988.
  • (16) If a battery heats up beyond 80C you hit what is called thermal runaway, where the components start to decompose, and that’s when it can explode.” The specific cause of Samsung’s issues with exploding batteries is unknown, the company just cites “ a battery cell issue ”.
  • (17) After six minutes of reconnaissance, it exploded, briefly.
  • (18) He was acutely aware that his country would explode without the safety valve of democracy.
  • (19) Forest ecologists say it is no coincidence the Rim fire exploded through areas which had seen few or no blazes in almost a century – an unnatural absence since California's mountain flora evolved to burn .
  • (20) He said he had made the errors of judgment because his mind was on trying to save his marriage from "exploding".

Shrapnel


Definition:

  • (a.) Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen. H. Shrapnel of the British army.
  • (n.) A shrapnel shell; shrapnel shells, collectively.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "Some of the shrapnel went into the arm of the Australian soldier that was hit, another part went into the foot [of the New Zealand soldier]," he told a news conference .
  • (2) Majdolen also received shrapnel wounds to her shoulder and head.
  • (3) 65 consecutive cases of proven splenic injuries by bullets or shrapnells were admitted at St George's Hospital between 1978 and 1987.
  • (4) Zubair required surgery to remove the shrapnel from his leg.
  • (5) Sediqullah's hands are bandaged and his face pitted by shrapnel as a result of an explosion.
  • (6) The picture, taken by an uncle, captures a scene repeated around the city, as desperate parents look for safe places from airstrikes and the shrapnel they unleash.
  • (7) For years after, pieces of shrapnel would occasionally begin to work their way up and out through his flesh.
  • (8) The interior minister, Arsen Avakov, said one officer died from shrapnel wounds and around 10 more were seriously injured.
  • (9) Claire and Hollie were being treated in hospital on Tuesday for shrapnel wounds.
  • (10) A starburst shrapnel scar across her hand is a reminder of the first time she witnessed the horror firsthand.
  • (11) These military injuries are characterized by either very high mass, low-velocity shrapnel wounds or by high muzzle velocity missiles causing extensive destruction of tissue.
  • (12) She was hit in the leg with shrapnel, but survived.
  • (13) Multiple shrapnel wounds dominated, and high-velocity missile wounds were also frequently seen.
  • (14) It left a scene of carnage inside the concert venue, where medics described treating wounds consistent with shrapnel injury.
  • (15) However, some air-to-air missiles also have fragmentation warheads which spray small shrapnel when they detonate close to a target.
  • (16) The retained missiles were 45 bullets in 45 patients, 109 shrapnel in 99 patients, 18 pellets in 7 patients, and 50 unidentified missiles in 50 patients.
  • (17) We differentiate 3 clinical types of cholesteatoma: 1 Retraction of Shrapnell's membrane or in the postero-superior quadrant with very little cholesteatoma lateral to the ossicles.
  • (18) During the last decade 419 patients were admitted to the American University of Beirut Medical Center with penetrating neck injuries mainly due to shrapnel.
  • (19) The development of a malignant fibrous histiocytoma in a 65-year-old man 44 years after shrapnel fragments lodged in his left arm is described.
  • (20) Among the missing pieces of fuselage were sections of the upper left side around the business class cabin, which were pockmarked with shrapnel holes and covered in soot, presumably from the detonation of the explosives.

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