plastic bullet

noun

1. a solid PVC cylinder, 10 cm long and 38 mm in diameter, fired by police or military forces to regain control in riots Formal namebaton round

Example Sentences

The family of Stephen McConomy, the 11-year-old who died after being shot in the head by a plastic bullet fired by a solider in the Bogside in Derry, have also ruled out any engagement with the new body.

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The youngest person to die was 10-year-old Stephen Geddis who was hit by an Army plastic bullet at Divis Flats in Belfast in 1975.

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In 1981, 15-year-old Paul Whitters was hit by a plastic bullet fired by the RUC during street disturbances in Londonderry.

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Recently declassified government documents have revealed the plastic bullet gun used by the RUC in his shooting was never fully medically tested for its potential risks to civilians.

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An inquest has found that a British soldier was unjustified in firing a plastic bullet that killed a schoolboy.

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