bandolier
noun
a type of belt worn over one shoulder and across the chest with pockets to hold bullets
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noun
a type of belt worn over one shoulder and across the chest with pockets to hold bullets
noun
a small piece of metal that is shot from a gun and causes serious damage to the person or thing it hits
the British spelling of caliber
noun
a small metal tube containing a bullet and a substance that will explode that you put inside a gun
noun
a bullet made of plastic used for controlling large violent crowds without killing people
noun
a bullet made of hard rubber that is designed to injure people but not to kill them, used especially by the police or army to control threatening crowds
noun
a weapon consisting of a metal container filled with a substance that explodes, fired from a large gun
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a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text
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