Bullet and Casing

Bullet

Bullet noun - A usually round or cone-shaped little piece of lead made to be fired from a firearm.

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Casing and bullet are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Casing" instead a noun "Bullet".

Nearby Word: bull

Casing noun - Something that encloses another thing especially to protect it.

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Bullet and casing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bullet" instead a noun "Casing".

Nearby Words: case, cased

full	full bullet	full casing
light	light bullet	light casing
single	single bullet	single casing
heavy	heavy bullet	heavy casing
Other adjectives: entire, real, hollow, large, new.

Batgirl: Deathwish depicts a character shooting a complete cartridge (bullet and casing combined) out the barrel of a rifle.

Source: Cartridges in Flight
When one of these bullets fails to separate from the casing it ends up playing the trope straight by making the bullet even easier to trace than a normal one would be.

Source: Marked Bullet
It then superheats the bullet until it's almost molten and then the casing with charge is fired.

Source: Hot Blade

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