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单词 frag
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fragv.

/fraɡ/
Etymology: Abbreviation of fragmentation (in fragmentation grenade, variant of fragmentation bomb n. at fragmentation n. Compounds).
U.S. Military slang.
To throw a fragmentation grenade at one's superior officer, esp. one who is considered over-zealous in his desire for combat.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge missile [verb (intransitive)] > throw grenades
frag1970
society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > mutiny > [verb (intransitive)] > by throwing grenade
frag1970
1970 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 9 Dec. 5/4 Another spectacular technique is ‘fragging’. ‘To frag’ is a term meaning to use a fragmentation grenade ‘to cool the ardor of any officer or NCO too eager to make contact with the enemy’.
1971 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 19 May 1/3 There were 209 fragging incidents last year, according to the Army and 34 deaths were listed as probably due to these.

Derivatives

ˈfragging n.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > [noun] > throwing of grenades
hand-grenading1845
fragging1972
society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > mutiny > [noun] > by throwing grenade
fragging1972
1972 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 8 Jan. 12/1 Fragging is a macabre ritual of Vietnam in which American enlisted men attempt to murder their superiors. The word comes from the nickname for hand grenades, a weapon popular with enlisted men because the evidence is destroyed with the consummation of the crime.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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