n. a shell designed to burst and scatter metal balls with which it is filled along with jagged fragments of the case
The explosion sent small shrapnel into the air.
The explosion sent small shrapnel into the air.
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artillery shell; exploding shell; shell
gun
2 syllables
shrap-nel
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