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PRONUNCIATION OF PLASTIC BULLET

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLASTIC BULLET

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Plastic bullet is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PLASTIC BULLET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

plastic bullet

Plastic bullet

A plastic bullet or plastic baton round is a less-lethal projectile fired from a specialised gun. Although designed as a non-lethal weapon they have caused a number of deaths. They are generally used for riot control. Plastic bullets were invented in 1973 by the British security forces for use against rioters in Northern Ireland. They were developed to replace their rubber bullets in an attempt to reduce fatalities. If misused they can still cause fatal injury. An unrelated small-calibre handgun bullet made of plastic is sometimes used for short range target practice.

Definition of plastic bullet in the English dictionary

The definition of plastic bullet in the dictionary is a solid PVC cylinder, 10 cm long and 38 mm in diameter, fired by police or military forces to regain control in riots Formal name: baton round.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLASTIC BULLET

plastic
plastic bag
plastic bomb
plastic explosive
plastic foam
plastic money
plastic Paddy
plastic police
plastic surgeon
plastic surgery
plastic wrap
plastically
plasticated
plasticene
Plasticine
plasticisation
plasticise
plasticiser
plasticity
plasticization

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLASTIC BULLET

ballet
billet
bite the bullet
bullet
cullet
dumdum bullet
grey mullet
gullet
magic bullet
mullet
pallet
percussion bullet
pullet
red mullet
rubber bullet
silver bullet
surmullet
tracer bullet
wallet
yellow-eye mullet

Synonyms and antonyms of plastic bullet in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «plastic bullet» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLASTIC BULLET

Find out the translation of plastic bullet to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of plastic bullet from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «plastic bullet» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

塑料子弹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bala de plástico
570 millions of speakers

English

plastic bullet
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्लास्टिक बुलेट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رصاصة بلاستيكية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пластиковая пуля
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bala de plástico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্লাস্টিকের বুলেট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

balle de plastique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Peluru plastik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kunststoff- Kugel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

プラスチック弾
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

플라스틱 총알
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Peluru plastik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đạn nhựa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிளாஸ்டிக் புல்லட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्लास्टिक बुलेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Plastik mermi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pallottola ti plastica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

plastikowa kula
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пластикова куля
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bullet plastic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πλαστική σφαίρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

plastiek bullet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

plast kula
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

plast bullet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of plastic bullet

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLASTIC BULLET»

The term «plastic bullet» is normally little used and occupies the 123.244 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLASTIC BULLET» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about plastic bullet

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLASTIC BULLET»

Discover the use of plastic bullet in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plastic bullet and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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New Scientist
A new look at less 'less lethal9 weapons In October, a 13-year-old Belfast boy was killed by a plastic bullet. Last month, The Times reported that the Ministry of Defence at Porton has been firing rubber bullets at anaesthetised sheep.
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New Scientist
Rubber bullets killed only one person for every 1 8 000 rounds fired. For plastic bullets, the death rate is one fatality per 4000 rounds fired. The plastic bullet is a formidable weapon. Earlier "riot control" weapons 27 I JU,l.Livir.9stof 1981. I inn.
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Human Rights in Northern Ireland
Nora McCabe, aged 30, in Belfast The jury at a second inquest found that Mrs McCabe was an innocent passer-by who had been struck on the head by a plastic bullet fired by an RUC officer. Her case led to calls from more than 70 MPs for an ...
‎1991
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Gunshot Wounds: Practical Aspects of Firearms, Ballistics, ...
In plastic training ammunition, the plastic bullet is integral with the plastic case ( Figure 10.19). On firing, the plastic bullet breaks free of the case. The rifle projectiles have a muzzle velocity of 1280 m/sec with a maximum range of 300 m.
Vincent J.M. DiMaio, M.D., 1998
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The Way of the Digital Photographer: Walking the Photoshop ...
With Lo-Mob, the possible effects are in a long, scrollable listing—and in Plastic Bullet you refresh the screen to see new possible effects. These apps let you email your image with the filter effect applied, or save it directly to your favorite social ...
Harold Davis, 2013
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Create Great iPhone Photos
Snap a photo with Plastic Bullet (Red Giant Software; $1.99), and you can just about make anything look beautiful. Light leaks and ethereal colors abound in the app's effects. Plastic Bullet lets you snap photos or give a toy camera look to ...
Allan Hoffman, 2011
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New Scientist
New plastic bullet squirts noxious chemicals Troubled waters for bishop, brewery and Tory A restful Hampshire fishing lake— until the dam breaks over the B3046. Good cocoa country. Raul Salazar, of Ecuador's agricultural institute, scours.
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The Bullet
... 32 Persian people, 74 Petroleum jelly, 58 Pharmaceutical company, 72 Philippines, 76 Phthalate, 60 Picatinny Arsenal, 59 Pinyin, 67 Pistol, 30, 33, 42, 57 Plastic, 42 Plastic bullet, 10 Plastic tipped bullets, 42 Point Pleasant Park, 74 Police, ...
By : Apoorv shelke , Kalpesh Khatavkar , Nikhil Rane & Paresh Patil
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New Scientist
The plastic bullet, now the standard agent of riot control in Northern Ireland, is the successor to the rubber bullet, which was last used there in 1975. These "baton rounds" as they are known have a different colonial history; they originated with ...
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Conscience at War: The Israeli Soldier as a Moral Critic
The orders we were given in this regard were very explicit: every stone-throwing incident must end either in an arrest or in a stone thrower with a plastic bullet in his leg. At the same time, we must do our best not to kill anyone; the army has ...
Ruth Linn, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLASTIC BULLET»

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Our Troubles march slowly into history...
Another example of tough policing backfiring came in the case of Sean Downes, killed by an RUC plastic bullet in August 1984. The officers ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
2
Ardoyne plastic bullets raised with watchdog
Belfast councillor Jolene Bunting was joined by a woman who was struck by a plastic bullet, another who had her windowscreen cracked by ... «Belfast Newsletter, Jul 15»
3
Chaos and violence hit Turkish streets in aftermath of Suruç
Police officers followed the protesters into residential areas of the neighborhood and continued firing plastic bullet, while a helicopter also ... «Today's Zaman, Jul 15»
4
Police Use Tear Gas to Disperse Anti-Government Protesters in …
... reportedly, did not hamper the rally, but later used tear gas and water cannons to disperse it. One person was injured with a plastic bullet. «Sputnik International, Jul 15»
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Witness appeal over Twaddell plastic bullet use
The Police Ombudsman has issued an appeal for witnesses of the PSNI's use of plastic bullets during this week's rioting in north Belfast. «U.TV, Jul 15»
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Anguish Haunts Northern Ireland's Retired Terrorists
The night a warden came into his prison cell to bluntly tell him his 14-year-old sister was dead, struck in the temple with a plastic bullet fired by ... «NBCNews.com, Jul 15»
7
Active shooter drills work to better prepare deputies
We're experiencing the pain of receiving a plastic bullet on your arm. Yeah, it does sting and it injures those officers to a minor degree.” ... «WNCT, Jul 15»
8
Teen Shot by Police in Orange County May Have Been Armed With …
"I walked out to the gate right there and I look on the ground and I see a toy gun. A toy gun with a plastic bullet," the witness said. "It couldn't hurt ... «NBC Southern California, Jun 15»
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Arrest as bonfire lighting leads to 'disturbances'
Witness appeal over Twaddell plastic bullet use. 16 Jul 2015. Witness appeal over Orange bus stone attack. 15 Jul 2015. Orange Order 'didn't ... «U.TV, Jun 15»
10
Musket 'used at Boyne' on show at Orange museum
Witness appeal over Twaddell plastic bullet use. 16 Jul 2015. Witness appeal over Orange bus stone attack. 15 Jul 2015. Orange Order 'didn't ... «U.TV, Jun 15»

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