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softnose adj

(firearms) Of a bullet: lacking a jacketed nose and thereby deforming greatly on impact, causing a large amount of damage and imparting a great deal of momentum to the target; soft-nosed. softnose n (firearms, countable) A bullet of this kind; (uncountable) bullets of this kind collectively.

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