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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a live round" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in contexts related to firearms or ammunition, referring to a bullet that is capable of being fired.
Example: "The soldier was instructed to check his weapon for a live round before the training exercise began."
Alternatives: "a live cartridge" or "a live bullet".
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It was a live round.
When I pulled the hammer back a second time it fired a live round.
Near his body was a shotgun and in his shirt pocket a live round of its ammunition.
Who felt threatened, the teenager with the candy and the soda or the man pursuing him with a gun and a live round in the chamber?
This time, with a live round in the chamber, the gun went off, and Matthew toppled to the floor, shot through the forehead.
Consumption was a form of Russian roulette in which a live round was only occasionally fired, though when this did happen the effect could be ruinous.
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Could folks of yore watch a live round-the-clock spy cam of the Brooklyn Bridge, use an A.T.M. that speaks Urdu or learn to blow glass?
His Dirty Weather Report, a live round-the-world webcast featuring conversations with scientists, business leaders and activists ran for 24 hours from 8 p.m. E.S.T. on November 14th to 8 p.m. on November 15th and attracted more than 16 million viewers.
James later died suspiciously while participating in a police anti-terrorism exercise, when a single live round was used amid thousands of blanks reportedly fired.
"He will have to kill every last one of us," a rebel told me after blasting off a few live rounds from the antiaircraft gun mounted on his friend's Toyota Hilux.
The Palestinians threw rocks, and the army shot rubber bullets and a few live rounds.
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