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tracer bullet

noun

  1. a bullet containing a tracer.


tracer bullet

noun

  1. a round of small arms ammunition containing a tracer
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tracer bullet1

First recorded in 1915–20
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The actors could watch “tracer bullets†whiz past and see explosions in midair and the eyelines would all be correct.

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One of the workers saw tracer bullets fired across the night sky from the roof of one of the plant's buildings, probably at a drone.

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Every tracer bullet I saw was hitting something.

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The most worrying moments, he said, included firefights when he could see tracer bullets overhead, and a when a jet buzzed the town just a few hundred feet overhead.

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The women watching from the ground saw the gleaming red bursts of tracer bullets across the dark sky.

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