[{"word":"shrapnel","phonetic":"/ˈʃɹæpnəl/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈʃɹæpnəl/","audio":"https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/shrapnel-au.mp3","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79268645","license":{"name":"BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"}}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"An anti-personnel artillery shell used in WWI which carries a large number of individual bullets close to the target and then ejects them to allow them to continue along the shell's trajectory and strike the target individually.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A collective term for shot, fragments, or debris thrown out by an exploding shell, bomb or landmine.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Loose change.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Debris.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The dog ate my sandwich, and there was shrapnel all over the place from him tearing open the bag."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shrapnel"]}]