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   flechette

   /fleɪˈʃɛt/

   noun

   • 1. a type of ammunition resembling a needle, used in bombs, shells, and guns: "doctors say they have pulled flechettes from dead and wounded fighters"
   • ▪ a shell containing flechettes: "the flechette exploded and part of it penetrated the southern and western walls"

   Word Origin late 19th century (in reference to an outdoor game played with darts; used in the First World War to denote a pointed steel projectile resembling a dart, dropped from an aircraft): from French fléchette, diminutive of flèche ‘arrow’.

   Scrabble Points: 17

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