dumdum
- n a soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound
- These projectiles, akin to dumdum bullets, contain a small aluminum canister filled with an explosive compound.
- What had out raged Italians was a report that greedy British munitioneers had secretly supplied Haile Selassie's troopers with dumdum bullets against all the rules of civilized .
- The fusillade of shotgun pellets and dumdum bullets went on for six minutes.