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blank cartridge
noun
Ordnance.
- a cartridge containing powder only, without a bullet.
blank cartridge
noun
- a cartridge containing powder but no bullet: used in battle practice or as a signal
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of blank cartridge1
First recorded in 1820–30
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A blank cartridge was loaded into one rifle without anyone knowing which.
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At age 17, he was shot in the face during a reenactment of a Civil War raid at a town sesquicentennial celebration, where one actor apparently used a real bullet instead of a blank cartridge.
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Check while loading each blank cartridge into the gun.
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What is a prop gun and how does a blank cartridge work?
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He was pretending to play Russian roulette with a .44 Magnum revolver when the gun fired a blank cartridge, authorities said at the time.
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