Eli5: Why are guns with blank cartridges still potentially fatal?

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I am not referring to a scenario where one cartridge has a bullet in it. I have read of a specific case where a blank cartridge was fired and yet the person still died. If no bullet was in the round, how could it kill someone?

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The air and gasses from the burning gunpowder can *be* a bullet if they’re moving fast enough, like water in a water-jet cutter. They spread out and slow down *pretty* quickly once they leave the barrel, but not instantly.

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