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tracer bullet

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tracer bullet [′trā·sər ‚bu̇l·ət]
(ordnance)
A bullet containing a pyrotechnic mixture to make the flight of the projectile visible by day and night.


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By the time Burris began loading her car, the evacuation was mandatory and embers were shooting like tracer bullets across the ridgeline by her home.
And at every point along the way Moynihan has left a trail like a tracer bullet.
army ordnance now uses GPS to replace the glowing tracer bullets previously used for targeting.
 
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