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noun
A gunshot executed in such a way that the muzzle of the firearm is in direct contact with a body at the moment of discharge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, firearms, government, medicine, military, natural-sciences, pathology, physical-sciences, politics, sciences, tools, war, weaponry
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noun
Synonym of contact wound: a gunshot wound so incurred
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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Synonyms: contact wound
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History
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