In 1804,
shrapnel, named after the British soldier Henry Shrapnel, was used for the first time in warfare by the British against the Dutch in Suriname.
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Although true shrapnel projectiles have been obsolete since 1935, the term 'shrapnel' is still used in a sense not technically correct to describe what should properly be defined as 'splinters' or 'fragments'.
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There are still a lot of Shrapnels around. I wonder what it's like to have a surname with such a nasty association. It seems that the inventor and his family took great pride in this most devastating killing device.