softnose

soft +‎ nose

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɒftnəʊz/

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softnose (not comparable)

1. (of a bullet) Lacking a jacketed nose and thereby deforming greatly on impact, causing a large amount of damage and imparting a great deal of momentum to the target.
   • 2004 October 28 – November 3, William Gussie (pseudonym), "Man, I Wish That Sniper Would Go Away", The Onion, available in Embedded in America, →ISBN, page 300,

     […] risk a .270 Winchester softnose between the eyes.

• soft-nosed

softnose (plural softnoses)

1. A bullet of this kind.

• eftsoons, festoons