Shrapnel

Language: English
Pronunciation: shrapnel
Part of Speech: noun

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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.

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"shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight"

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