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plastic bullet

British  

noun

  1. Formal name: baton round.  a solid PVC cylinder, 10 cm long and 38 mm in diameter, fired by police or military forces to regain control in riots

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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On Tuesday, a coroner found that the decision to fire the plastic bullet was not justified or justifiable.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2022

It looks like a white flatiron with wheels or a sleek, plastic bullet, dwarfed by the regal sedans of 1960s Detroit.

From The Verge Feb. 24, 2016

The Sakhnin fans will say it was a plastic bullet.

From New York Times Jun. 3, 2011

The tangle gun propelled a plastic bullet, and that plastic was a paradox.

From Tangle Hold by Wallace, F. L. (Floyd L.)

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