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Dumdum

noun
1.
A soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound.  Synonym: dumdum bullet.



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... practically all that can be done in humanizing war. It has outlawed the dumdum bullet, it has enforced radical sanitary measures, it has neutralized the Red Cross and brought its ministrations to the relief of the sufferings of war. But humanized war is not the goal of this sentiment. As long as there is an increase of armaments ...
— Prize Orations of the Intercollegiate Peace Association • Intercollegiate Peace Association


Words linked to "Dumdum" :   bullet, slug, dumdum bullet


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