B2 noun #7,491 most common

shrapnel

UK /ˈʃɹæpnəl/ | US /ˈʃɹæpnəl/

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.

shrapnel in 30 Seconds

  • (noun) 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.
  • (noun) A collective term for shot, fragments, or debris thrown out by an exploding shell, bomb or landmine.
  • (noun) Loose change.

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun 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.
  2. 2
    noun A collective term for shot, fragments, or debris thrown out by an exploding shell, bomb or landmine.
  3. 3
    noun Loose change.
  4. 4
    noun Debris.

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