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Shrapnel

Shrapnel Meaning & Definition
Shrapnel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Shrapnel?

[n] shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight

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Shrapnel In Webster's Dictionary

\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}.

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