dumdum
noun/ˈdʌmdʌm/
/ˈdʌmdʌm/
(also dumdum bullet)
- a bullet that spreads out and breaks into many pieces when it hits somebodyWord Originlate 19th cent.: from Dum Dum, name of a town and arsenal near Calcutta, India, where such bullets were first produced.
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