live rounds

Not blank cartridges

Live rounds are ammunition containing actual projectiles and propellant, as opposed to blanks or dummy cartridges used for training.

The term appears most often in safety contexts—distinguishing real bullets from inert ones: Never point a weapon at anyone, even if you think it's not loaded with live rounds.

Live rounds on a film set caused a fatal shooting in 2021.

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bulletsFirearm projectiles
cartridgesEncased charges for firing
gunfireDischarge of weapons
chamberEnclosed room or cavity

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Opposites

ammunition functionality

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Unfilled spaces on forms

blank rounds · dummy rounds · blank cartridges · practice rounds · rubber bullets

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Non-lethal police ammunition

authenticity/reality

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