ricochet in the PONS Dictionary

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Materials that are soft, give easily, or can absorb the impact, such as sand, have a lower incidence of ricochet.
en.wikipedia.org
Sandbags were arranged behind him to prevent any ricochets.
en.wikipedia.org
While climbing to the roof, he was hit in the forehead by a ricochet, but continued fighting.
en.wikipedia.org
Other debris rocketed through the streets and ricocheted off buildings.
en.wikipedia.org
He was struck in the eye by a puck, which had ricocheted off his stick, during a charity hockey game in which he was participating.
en.wikipedia.org
His go-to move is to use surrounding walls to ricochet back and forth and bowling over his opponents as he does.
en.wikipedia.org
Glancing hits on hard surfaces will result in fragmentation, reducing the risk of ricochets.
en.wikipedia.org
By using the diamonds as a heat ray, the eclipse's light will fire and ricochet off several mirrors and break a hole into the tower.
en.wikipedia.org
Two other people received light injuries by ricochets.
en.wikipedia.org
Due to requirements of larger safety zones to protect spectators from ricochets and overshots, combat archery is usually limited to large melees.
en.wikipedia.org

Would you like to add some words, phrases or translations?

Just let us know. We look forward to hearing from you.

Browse the dictionary

English

Look up "ricochet" in other languages


Choose your language Deutsch | български | English | Français | Italiano | Polski | Русский
Browse the dictionaries
Most popular