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Blow-out exit wound

A large, ragged exit wound with radiating lacerations produced when the bullet retains high residual kinetic energy at exit and the skin is unsupported. Most common with high-velocity rifle rounds. Distinguishable from contact stellate entry wounds by the absence of soot inside the wound track and the everted rather than stellate tear pattern.

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