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Shrapnel - What does it mean?

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shrapnel

English

(wikipedia shrapnel)

Noun

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  • (historical) 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 or landmine.
  • (slang) Loose change.
  • debris caused by action of persons or animals.
    • The dog did not eat my sandwich. It was in a bag. If he had eaten my sandwich, there'd be shrapnel all over the place from him tearing open the bag.

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