The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SHRAPNEL which also is the latest solution we found used in Unknown in 2000.
Explosive fragments named after the British inventor of an artillery shell containing them crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHRAPNEL | 100 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Explosive fragments named after the British inventor of an artillery shell containing them
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- shrapnel
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Crossword Answer definitions
SHRAPNEL noun- 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.
- A collective term for shot, fragments, or debris thrown out by an exploding shell, bomb or landmine.
- Loose change.
- Debris.
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More clues leading to the result SHRAPNEL
- Explosive fragments named after the British inventor of an artillery shell containing them
- Blast fragments
- Projectile containing bullets.
- Shell fragments
- Shell fallout
- Dangerous debris
- Ammo named after its English inventor
- Bits of shells
- Henry ___, British Army officer who invented the exploding shell
- Explosion fragments