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soft-nosed is an adjective meaning "(of a bullet) made of soft material that expands on impact". It carries one recorded sense.
(of a bullet) made of soft material that expands on impact
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for soft-nosed come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.
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