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Catchword for “bullet sponge”
Catchword: bullet sponge
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Part of Speech: n.
The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.
Quotation: Fighting in there “is going to be chaotic,” he said. There’ll be lots of ricochets, concussions, shrapnel, and nowhere to crawl in retreat. “The first guy is going to go down.…He’s going to be a bullet sponge,” Rinehart said.
Article or Document Title:
“Soldiers train to a fighting edge”
Author:
Michael Gilbert
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
News Tribune
Publishing Location:
Tacoma, Washington
Date of Publication:
Mar. 14, 2002
Page Number:
A1
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