society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [adjective] > shot by bullets
riddled1785
shot1837
bullet-swept1897
bullet-riddled1905
1897 Westm. Gaz. 3 June 2/2 The bullet-swept square.
1901 ‘Linesman’Words by Eyewitness (1902) 33 The bullet-swept hills above Ladysmith.