2syllables
shrapnel
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Definitions ofshrapnel
1noun
- 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.
- A collective term for shot, fragments, or debris thrown out by an exploding shell, bomb or landmine.
- Loose change.
- Debris.
Example: "The dog ate my sandwich, and there was shrapnel all over the place from him tearing open the bag."
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