снаря́д — meaning in English

English meaning

• bombshell noun A piece of news that is shocking or sensational.
• bullet noun A small metal projectile fired from a gun.
• missile noun A self-propelled, guided weapon that flies to its target.
• projectile noun An object fired or thrown through the air, especially from a weapon.
• shell noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.

Senses

снаря́д is used for these senses in English:

• bombshell (historical) Any grenade, mortar shell, or artillery shell (hollow metal object) containing a charge that can explode.
• bullet (informal) An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc.
• missile Any object used as a weapon by being thrown or fired through the air, such as stone, arrow or bullet. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
• projectile An object intended to be or having been shot from a weapon.
• shell (weaponry) A hollow, usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a siege mortar or a smoothbore cannon. It contains an explosive substance designed to be ignited by a fuse or by percussion at the target site so that it will burst and scatter at high velocity its contents and fragments. Formerly called a bomb.

bombshell — full definition

1. noun A piece of news that is shocking or sensational.
2. noun Informal term for an especially attractive person.

bullet — full definition

1. noun A small metal projectile fired from a gun.
2. noun A small dot or symbol used to mark items in a list.
3. verb To fire someone from a job abruptly (informal).

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