Definitions from Wiktionary (Shrapnel)

▸ noun:  (military, historical) An anti-personnel artillery shell used in World War I which carries a large number of individual bullets or balls close to the target and then ejects them to allow them to continue along the shell's trajectory and strike the target individually.
▸ noun:  (military, historical) The bullets or balls from the aforementioned type of artillery shell.
▸ noun:  (military) Any shot, fragments, or debris thrown out by an exploding shell, bomb, or landmine.
▸ noun:  (by extension, figurative) Debris.
▸ noun:  (slang, figurative) Loose change.
▸ noun:  A surname

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