"fragment" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Air bursts are used primarily against infantry in the open or unarmored targets, as the resulting fragments cover a large area but will not penetrate armor, entrenchments, or fortifications.
- It struck the right rear track, and fragments penetrated the engine compartment, severing fuel lines and setting the tank on fire.
- She didn't know if any fragments had penetrated.
- Although most of the shell was deflected overboard, fragments penetrated the roof, damaged the left gun's breech mechanism and jammed the training gear, knocking the turret out of action.
- A fragment of his steel helmet penetrated into his brain.
- Its fragments penetrated the fuselage, the Nos. 1 and 2 engine nacelles, and the right wing area.
- In 1854, a strange comet enters over London, releasing little fragments in which one fragment penetrates into a street pump near Broad Street in Soho.
- Most fragments are tiny and don't penetrate in a vital spot.
- Scientists are not sure what would happen as the cometary fragments penetrated Jupiter's atmosphere.
- Other scientists speculate that the fragments might penetrate much deeper into Jupiter, if they should create a shock front that acts as an insulating shield against some of the frictional heat.
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