Did you see how the fish grabbed a pellet of food just before it reached the bottom of the tank?
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Pellet
/ˈpel.ɪt/
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Indian forces have been known to use pellet guns against protestors in Kashmir.
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Scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory report they were able to create a type of fusion reaction by bombarding a microscopic pellet of fuel with beams from 192 powerful lasers to compress its component parts — hydrogen isotopes known as deuterium and tritium — and fuse them together at the atomic level.
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After the crash, Mr. Smith quickly fled the scene and attempted suicide at his home by slitting his wrists and shooting himself with a pellet gun.
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