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matā korara

1. (noun) shrapnel.

E rua taotūtanga o te tangata nei, kotahi i te pakihiwi, nā te pū raiwhara; kotahi i te waewae, nā te matā korara o te pū mōtā (TWK 14:19). / This man was wounded in two places, one in the shoulder by rifle fire; the other in the leg by shrapnel from mortar fire.

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