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caseless

caseless

7.9
To use bullets that have no separate metal or plastic shell
  • adjective
  • /ˈkeɪsləs/
  • Specialized
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  • If the sniper had been smart enough to use a weapon that fired caseless ammunition, the sound would have been minimal.
  • caseless ammunition
  • six-millimeter caseless
  • millimeter caseless

Examples

  • The soldier's weapon will hold 200 rounds of lightweight, caseless ammunition embedded in a monolithic block of propellant.

  • 10mm explosive-tip caseless.

    Aliens (1986)

  • They're firing .20 millimeter caseless flechette rounds at 300 meters.

    Judge Dredd (1995)

  • Daisy offered caseless .22 ammo that was ignited not by electricity but by compressed air.

Antonyms

cased
4.2

A thing that has a box or outer layer that protects it

Surface Forms

caseless positive

Morphology

caseless = case (transparent) = case + less

The meaning is directly derived from 'case' + 'less', indicating the absence of a casing.

Etymology

Caseless comes from case, the metal shell that holds a bullet, and -less, which means 'without', so caseless ammunition is literally a bullet 'without' a separate shell, making it lighter and simpler to handle.