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Recent Examples of projectile
Continue getting more officers access to less lethal weapons, including pepper ball and 40mm projectile launchers and the latest Taser device.
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Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Collect all five Dinozords to build the giant articulated Megazord with projectile launchers.
—Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
The flintlock’s round ball projectile passed completely through its lungs, and the buck ran only 30 yards before falling dead.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 2 Oct. 2025
Whether the object is a defunct satellite or a stray hunk of glass from a solar panel that shattered long ago, every item circling Earth is also a potential projectile.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2025
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Elena Santa Cruz, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Collect all five Dinozords to build the giant articulated Megazord with projectile launchers.
—Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
The flintlock’s round ball projectile passed completely through its lungs, and the buck ran only 30 yards before falling dead.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 2 Oct. 2025
Whether the object is a defunct satellite or a stray hunk of glass from a solar panel that shattered long ago, every item circling Earth is also a potential projectile.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for projectile
Noun
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Many others show clear signs of precautions against the danger involved in missile production – buildings are surrounded by tall dirt and concrete berms, a safety measure against the risk of explosions.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Initial ground tests began in 2022, and flight trials are expected later in the decade, reflecting Seoul’s intent to field a regional deterrent amid North Korea’s missile advancements.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Kyiv has persistently targeted various types of sites linked to Moscow's military industry, from fuel depots to refineries funding its war effort to chemical factories grinding out supplies for ammunition.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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The case was upended by revelations that ammunition related to Hutchins shooting was brought into the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office before the trial began.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
10 Nov. 2025
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But, at a moment when big narrative audio studios are shuttering, loads of people are being laid off and fewer documentary series are being made, this sentence really struck a nerve in the industry of folks who produce, write, edit and sound design longform narrative audio.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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That could mean co-locating with renewables, using batteries to extend solar availability, or making data centers flexible enough to shift heavy compute loads to periods of abundant clean power.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The breakthrough came when the researchers introduced a minute amount of ordinary salt at a critical stage in the process, which triggered the metal to wrap around the template instead of spreading out, enabling the formation of stable nanotube shells.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
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Taco Bell shook up its menu in 2014 with a waffle used as a taco shell to hold eggs, cheese and meat.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Reprise, his 2006 cannonball of a debut, centers on two aspiring, competitive writers.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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Michael Kayode’s cannonball long throws, which Slot said Liverpool had practised defending on Friday and spoken about again on Saturday, were a constant problem, but the visitors repeatedly, and needlessly, aided Brentford by putting the ball out of play in their own defensive third.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The gap under the back door meant the kitchen had an Arctic climate in the winter and a slug infestation all year round.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Although pumpkins that have started to turn color can ripen off the vine, leaving them in the garden exposes them to slugs, rot, or damage from a hard freeze.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Nov. 2025
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But the 18mm cartridge was capable of penetrating 55 layers of Kevlar at close range, and Harwood stood six feet away without any shield at all.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
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The Russian 9x19mm 7N31 cartridge is specially engineered to defeat modern body armor while maintaining effectiveness against unarmored targets.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Projectile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/projectile. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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