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shrapnel

Definitions


[ˈʃrapnl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- fragments of a bomb, shell, or other object thrown out by an explosion
(e.g: he was killed by flying shrapnel)

- small change
(e.g: little more than a few pounds and a handful of shrapnel)


Phrases:

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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