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Meanings of rifle ball in English

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Usage of rifle ball in English
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But the poison gas could penetrate where the rifle ball could not.
Creative Chemistry: Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Ch...
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They can snuff a candle with a rifle ball in the dark.
The Last Trail
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A rifle ball sent through the head of each quickly did this.
Adventures in Africa / By an African Trader
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No need was there of doing so; it was a rifle ball beyond question.
The Lost Trail
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He was at my side when a rifle ball struck him, in the temple.
The Young Franc Tireurs, and Their Adventures in the Franco-Prus...
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The futility, alas, of trying to digest a rifle ball.
A Canticle For Leibowitz
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A wound in the head from a rifle ball laid him senseless on the earth.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mou...
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The next moment a rifle ball pierced his heart, and he lay quivering in death.
Christopher Carson, Familiarly Known as Kit Carson
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Struck dead with a rifle ball through the heart or some other instantly vital spot.
America's War for Humanity
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Yes, you drift like a rifle ball, my dear.
The Song of the Lark
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Bruce went to earth with one rifle ball through his body, and another in his leg.
Bruce
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There was also a wound in his head, too small for a rifle ball to make.
Life of Tecumseh, and of His Brother the Prophet / With a Histor...
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His leg was broken near the knee, and the bone was terribly shattered by the rifle ball.
The Gold Hunters' Adventures; Or, Life in Australia
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If rightly thrown it was a deadly missile, and would fly almost as true as a rifle ball.
The Amateur Poacher
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He made one charge at me, which I received with a rifle ball, killing him the very first shot.
Forest and Frontiers; Or, Adventures Among the Indians
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Barton, whose name was linked with that of Harper, had been found with a rifle ball through his chest.
The Settling of the Sage