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A soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound
Answer for the clue "A soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound ", 6 letters:
dumdum
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 alt. A bullet, with a soft nose, that expands upon impact to cause a gaping wound. n. A bullet, with a soft nose, that expands upon impact to cause a gaping wound. Etymology 2 n. An ignorant person, an idiot
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound [syn: dumdum bullet ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Man \Man\ (m[a^]n), n.; pl. Men (m[e^]n). [AS. mann, man, monn, mon; akin to OS., D., & OHG. man, G. mann, Icel. ma[eth]r, for mannr, Dan. Mand, Sw. man, Goth. manna, Skr. manu, manus, and perh. to Skr. man to think, and E. mind. A human being; -- opposed ...
Usage examples of dumdum.
The next dumdum took the one closest to the door in the small of the back as he scrambled to retreat.
This way, when he shows up to work one morning and pumps a round into his nagging, ineffectual, petty, whining, butt-sucking, candy-ass boss, that one round will split along the filed grooves and spread open the way a dumdum bullet flowers inside you to blow a bushel load of your stinking guts out through your spine.
Their grisly arms extended, their yellow fingernails glinting in the sunlight, their thin lips quivering in anticipation of their next meal, saliva pouring from their mouths, they advanced on the Technics, row after ravenous row, undeterred even when an arm or leg was shattered by a dumdum bullet.
Cracking the cylinder, she found it fully loaded with homemade dumdums, and the ammo pouch on the belt held several reloads, both .
And the dumdums thinking they still looked buff or cool, not realizing they were just ancient: Embarrassing.
And all the dumdums were focused on Gar, except when they were sneering at the other prom-goers.
There was gunpowder of all varieties, antimony, blasting-powder, mercury cyanide, chloral hydrate, chlorate of potash, samples of various kinds of shot, some of the outlawed soft-nosed dumdum bullets, cartridges, shells, pieces of metal purposely left with jagged edges, platinum, aluminum, iron, steel—.
They could survive ordinary weapons, but a silver bullet would stop them, especially if it had been dumdummed by a cross cut into its nose.