Shrapnel

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Fragments from an exploded artillery shell, mine, or bomb.
  • n. A 19th-century artillery shell containing metal balls, designed to explode in the air above enemy troops.
  • n. The metal balls in such a weapon.
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  • n. A collective term for shot, fragments, or debris thrown out by an exploding shell or landmine.
  • n. Loose change.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen. H. Shrapnel of the British army.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A shell filled with bullets and a small bursting-charge just sufficient to split it open and release the bullets at any given point, generally about 80 yards before reaching the object aimed at. After the explosion of the shell, the bullets and fragments fly onward in a shower.
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  • n. shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    shell   
    Cross Reference
    boxer shrapnel   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    gunfire    débris    projectile    shard    grenade   
     
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