Shrapnel

Noun

 * 1) a collective term for shot, fragments, or debris thrown out by an exploding shell or landmine
 * 2)  loose change

Thesaurus
ball, bar shot, bird shot, buckshot, bullet, cannon shot, cannonball, case shot, crossbar shot, duck shot, dumdum bullet, expanding bullet, grape, grapeshot, langrel shot, manstopping bullet, pellet, rifle ball, round shot, shell, shot, slug, split shot

Etymology
From Henry Shrapnel, British army officer who invented an anti-personnel shell that transported a large number of bullets to the target before releasing them, at a far greater distance than rifles could fire the bullets individually.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 彈片, 弹片, 榴霰彈, 榴霰弹, 霰彈, 霰弹, 子母彈, 子母弹
 * Finnish:
 * French: shrapnel
 * German:
 * Greek: θραύσμα
 * Hungarian: repesz
 * Hungarian: repesz


 * Italian: schegge, proiettili
 * Polish: szrapnel
 * Portuguese: estilhaço
 * Russian: шрапнель
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: şarapnel
 * Volapük: jräpnäl
 * Turkish: şarapnel
 * Volapük: jräpnäl