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canister shot
NOUN
a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm
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How To Use canister shot In A Sentence
The latter succeeded, but the main attack failed as Jackson's artillery fired grapeshot and
canister shot
into the advancing British line.
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