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Shrapnel : (noun)
1: shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Shrapnel : \Shrap"nel\, a.
Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen.
H. Shrapnel of the British army. -- n. 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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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