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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Dumdum bullet

· Dum·dum bul·let · IPA
01 A kind of man-stopping bullet, designed to fragment inside the body and thus inflict a severed and painful wound; -- so named from Dumdum, …
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    A kind of man-stopping bullet, designed to fragment inside the body and thus inflict a severed and painful wound; -- so named from Dumdum, in India, where bullets are manufactured for the Indian army.(Mil.)