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   shrapnel

   /ˈʃrapnl/

   noun

   • 1. fragments of a bomb, shell, or other object thrown out by an explosion: "he was killed by flying shrapnel"
   • ▪ a shell containing bullets or pieces of metal timed to burst short of impact. historical
   • 2. small change: informal "little more than a few pounds and a handful of shrapnel"

   Word Origin early 19th century: named after General Henry Shrapnel (1761–1842), the British soldier who invented the shell; the sense ‘fragments of a bomb or shell’ originated during the First World War.

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