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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 shrap·nel /ˈʃræpnḷ, ||ˈsræp-/
 開花彈,榴彈,彈片

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Shrap·nel a. Applied as an appellation to a kind of shell invented by Gen. H. Shrapnel of the British army. -- n. A shrapnel shell; shrapnel shells, collectively.
 Shrapnel shell Gunnery, a projectile for a cannon, consisting of a shell filled with bullets and a small bursting charge to scatter them at any given point while in flight. See the Note under Case shot.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 shrapnel
      n : shell containing lead pellets that explodes in flight