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projectile

noun as in bullet

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noun as in weapon

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Vera first ordered restrictions in July on the use of 40mm projectile launchers, tear gas, stun grenades and other crowd control weapons at street protests.

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The man, in his 30s, was injured after being hit with a ball bearing, a small metal projectile fired by catapults.

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The projectile fell in the area and that no injuries or damage were reported, it added.

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There is not yet much coming with “Something Coming,” but his agile voice is a clean, clear tenor projectile expandable into operatic fortissimos and toned down into sweet, soft Broadway-esque whispers.

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The use of so-called less-lethal projectile launchers and other weapons designed to subdue rather than kill has come under renewed scrutiny after police turned to them often during recent protests against federal immigration enforcement.

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