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Definition of Russian roulette noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Russian roulette

noun
 
/ˌrʌʃn ruːˈlet/
 
/ˌrʌʃn ruːˈlet/
[uncountable]
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  1. a dangerous game in which a person shoots at their own head with a gun that contains only one bullet (in a gun that can take six), so that the person does not know if the gun will fire or not
    • (figurative) The airline was accused of playing Russian roulette with passenger safety.
See Russian roulette in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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