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case shot

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case shot
n.
1.
a. A shot-packed metallic cylinder used as ammunition in a firearm; a canister.
b. The shot in such a cylinder.
2. A shrapnel shell.
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Noun1.case shot - a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm
ammo, ammunition - projectiles to be fired from a gun
pellet, shot - a solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed past his ear"

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In an incident that received international attention, an enraged man who had been scheduled to appear in a contentious probate case shot a lawyer last Oct.
In 1991 Lundy's case shot into prominence after a grainy photo surfaced that appeared to show him and two other missing fliers, one of them also from the San Fernando Valley, holding a sign dated 1990.
 
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