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SHRAPNEL
shrapnel
(noun) shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
shrapnel (usually uncountable, plural shrapnels)
(historical) An anti-personnel artillery shell used in WWI which carries a large number of individual bullets close to the target and then ejects them to allow them to continue along the shell's trajectory and strike the target individually.
A collective term for shot, fragments, or debris thrown out by an exploding shell, bomb or landmine.
(slang) Loose change.
Debris.
Source: Wiktionary
Shrap"nel, a.
Definition: Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen. H. Shrapnel of the British army.
– n.
Definition: A shrapnel shell; shrapnel shells, collectively. Shrapnel shell (Gunnery), a projectile for a cannon, consisting of a shell filled with bullets and a small bursting charge to scatter them at any given point while in flight. See the Note under Case shot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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