birdshot

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Definition of birdshot

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noun

(countable, uncountable)Small lead or steel shot, as pieces of ammunition, used in shotgun shells.

“In the first shooting, four of the teenagers were sitting on a porch and were peppered with birdshot from a shotgun fired from a passing car around 2:30 p.m., Sheriff John Rutherford said.”
““Eyes were hit by birdshot pellets and it was deliberate, they are shooting to kill,” said the Tehran doctor. A colleague added that they had removed “20 pellets” from the body of a single protester.”

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noun

(countable, uncountable)Small lead or steel shot, as pieces of ammunition, used in shotgun shells.

“In the first shooting, four of the teenagers were sitting on a porch and were peppered with birdshot from a shotgun fired from a passing car around 2:30 p.m., Sheriff John Rutherford said.”
““Eyes were hit by birdshot pellets and it was deliberate, they are shooting to kill,” said the Tehran doctor. A colleague added that they had removed “20 pellets” from the body of a single protester.”
(countable, uncountable)A rifle or pistol cartridge containing small shot instead of a single larger projectile.

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From bird + shot.

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