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flechette
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flé·chette  (fl-sht, fl-)
n.
A steel missile or dart dropped from an aircraft or fired from an artillery piece.
[French, diminutive of flèche, arrow; see flèche.]


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Palestinian doctors have removed many flechettes from the dead and injured, indicating the IDF are using illegal fragmentation bombs.
Israel's "Days of Penitence" drown Gaza in a sea of blood by Omer, Mohammed / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Their bodies were found to he shredded by flechettes, inch-long steel darts shaped like fishhooks that are condemned by human rights organizations as especially cruel weapons.
False images and lies hide Middle East realities. (Special Report) by Marshall, Rachelle / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
The Israelis fired American-made tank shells containing flechettes, designed to explode in the air and release thousands of tiny metal darts that lacerate the victim's flesh, then left the men's bodies in the sun for over a day before allowing an ambulance to pick them up.
A chronology of U.S.-Middle East relations. (Facts for Your Files) by Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
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