Bullets and Dust

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Dust and bullets are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Dust" with "Bullets", this words are similar.

Dust noun - Discarded or useless material.

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Bullets and dust are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Bullets" with "Dust", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Words: dusty, dusted, dusting, duster

Also from MacGyver, the episode "The Enemy Within" has a good example of bullets kicking up dust always just behind the running hero.

Source: Near Misses
Admittedly, a spray of sparks/dust following the hero one step behind them is more dramatic than bullets just disappearing into the background, but it only adds to the absurdity of the scene.

Source: Hero-Tracking Failure
Although not really a "flamethrower," there are also incendiary bullets for use in guns, including shotgun shells containing beads filled with pyrophoric dust.

Source: Videogame Flamethrowers Suck

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