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Bullet hole   /bˈʊlət hoʊl/   Listen
Bullet hole

noun
1.
A hole made by a bullet passing through it.






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"Bullet hole" Quotes from Famous Books



... the bones. The skeletons were far from complete. Fortunately the skulls were there, and he saw that they were those of a man and a woman. While he contemplated the ghastly remains his thoughts conjured up many scenes. He saw the bullet hole through the woman's skull, and the horrid rift in the man's. The absence of many of the bones of the extremities made him think of the coyotes, those prairie scavengers who are never far off when ...
— The Watchers of the Plains - A Tale of the Western Prairies • Ridgewell Cullum

... a certain extent borne out by the evidence of one of the survivors, who stated that all the bodies found in that part of the field (nearly three-quarters of a mile away from the head of the column), had a bullet hole through the head or breast in ...
— Cetywayo and his White Neighbours - Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal • H. Rider Haggard

... I don't understand this. You will remember when we examined him, just before leaving him here, that we found only one bullet hole between the shoulders; this has two bullet wounds, one in the head and the ...
— The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island • Roger Thompson Finlay



Words linked to "Bullet hole" :   hole



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