flechette

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The father of one of the victims showed the team a flechette which had been taken out of his son's body.

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  • The fine blade of the flechette, keen as a chirurgeon's tool, trailed down the length of my throat and brushed the neckline of my gown. —  Carey, Jaqueline - Kushiel's Dart orig
  • But the point of the flechette is not injury: it is pain. —  Carey, Jaqueline - Kushiel's Dart orig
  • Not until it ended did Melisande laugh and withdraw the flechette, and I sagged, limp, at the end of the chain. —  Carey, Jaqueline - Kushiel's Dart orig
  • Further, Amnesty has condemned Israel's use of anti-personnel flechette ammunition, as they —  newmatilda.com - Comments
  • For example, in the Gaza Strip the IDF has repeatedly fired flechette shells and missiles, which rupture on impact, shooting up to 5,000 small metal darts over a distance of up to 300 metres. —  Lawrence of Cyberia
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