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Mr. Tom Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

When a bullet only scarches a part of your body...

Hi

Is there any word for a situation when a bullet doesn't really cause an injury to you; it only scratches/scrapes a part of your body and flies past.

Is this sentence natural?

The bullet didn't really hit him; it scraped his thigh and flew past.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks,

Tom
  

Top answer

Look up ' graze' in your dictionary. eg The bullet grazed his thigh. Clive

— Clive

  • Look up ' graze' in your dictionary.
  • eg The bullet grazed his thigh.
  • Clive
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Look up 'graze' in your dictionary.
eg The bullet grazed his thigh.

Clive
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The common phrase is "a grazing wound." The common verb is graze.

The bullet grazed his thigh.
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Thanks, Clive and Alphecca Stars.

So, is this sentence natural now? Or too graphic?

The bullet didn't really hit him; it just grazed his thigh and flew past.

Tom
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It's OK, but I wouldn't add 'and flew past'. It's unnecessary.

Clive
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Mr. TomThe bullet didn't really hit him; it scraped his thigh and flew past.Any other suggestions?
There is also this possibility:

The bullet didn't really hit him; it [made / left] only a glancing wound in his thigh (as it flew past).

CJ
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