bolt gun
Captive piston device
A bolt gun is a tool used in slaughterhouses to stun or kill livestock before slaughter.
It fires a metal rod (the bolt) into the animal's skull, rendering it unconscious or dead instantly.
The device is designed for humane killing—quick and relatively painless.
Bolt guns appear in crime fiction and film as improvised weapons, most memorably in *No Country for Old Men*.
- captiveOne held by force
- stunDaze by force
- slaughterhouseAnimal killing facility
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- humaneMarked by kindness
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bolt gunelectrocution
Death from electrical current
gas chamber · lethal injection · exsanguination · throat cutting · halal slaughter
bolt gunlife support
Systems maintaining vital functions
resuscitator · defibrillator · medical device · anesthetic · tranquilizer
bolt gunfirearm
Projectile weapon using explosives
rifle · pistol · revolver · projectile weapon · ranged weapon
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