fragmentation bomb

fragmentation bomb

noun
a bomb designed to break into many small, high-velocity fragments when detonated.

Origin:
1915–20
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Fragmentation bomb is always a great word to know.
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
WordNet
fragmentation bomb

noun
a bomb with only 10 to 20 per cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments; most effective against troops and vehicles 
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