Use specifically for the subprojectiles, usually small lead or steel bars or balls, contained in certain artillery shells designed to explode in midair, scattering the contents in every direction. May also be used generally to include the fragments of the cases of exploding shells, antipersonnel grenades, mines, or bombs.
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