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shrapnel

shrap.nel \'shrap-n*l, esp South 'srap-\ n or shrapnel [Henry Shrapnel 
   -1842 E artillery officer] pl  1: a projectile that consists of a case 
   provided with a powder charge and a  large number of usu. lead balls and is 
   exploded in flight 2: bomb, mine, or shell fragments