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  • a  (of a bullet) made of soft material that expands on impact

  • Last week they found her hunched over a desk with a soft-nosed bullet in her brain.
  • Now, in blood-chilling tones, he was telling his rapt listeners what will happen to them after a Communist takeover: "They'll take a wide-bore revolver with a soft-nosed bullet .
  • He bought soft-nosed bullets, which would blow a crocodile's head open.

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