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fragging

fragging

1 9.9
An act of killing or attacking a fellow soldier in the same unit on purpose
  • noun
  • /ˈfræɡɪŋ/
  • Offensive
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  • The report detailed a troubling fragging incident where a soldier was deliberately killed by his own team.
  • fragging incident

Examples

  • The act of fragging in the military can indicate serious issues regarding trust and discipline among soldiers.

  • When soldiers refuse to fight, as so many soldiers did in Vietnam, so many deserters, so many fraggings, acts of violence by enlisted men against officers in Vietnam, and B-52 pilots refusing to fly bombing missions anymore, war can't go on.

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  • After the fragging of a popular officer, the chain of command was deeply shaken.

How Violent

fragging
  • Offensive
1 9.9
assault
  • Specialized
378 4.5
attempt
  • NSFW
209 4.6
threat
∞ 1.9

Surface Forms

fragging singular
fragging plural

Morphology

fragging = frag (transparent) = frag + ing

The noun is the gerund/nominalization of the verb 'frag' and directly denotes the act of fragging; formation is regular.

Etymology

Fragging comes from frag, short for fragmentation grenade, a small bomb that breaks into pieces. Soldiers sometimes used these bombs to attack unpopular leaders, so fragging came to mean 'deliberately attacking or killing a fellow soldier'.