as in ball
a usually round or cone-shaped little piece of lead made to be fired from a firearm
it is possible to make your own bullets, but it takes a lot of patience and some extra money
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Recent Examples of bullet
The show portrays Garfield's doctors rummaging around in his open wound and using a metal detector in a desperate search to remove the bullet.
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
The final man, in a last-second protective reflex, bows his head and crosses his hands over it, but bullets send him flying backward, and the other militiamen join in, firing repeatedly at the dead bodies.
—Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
While objects larger than 10 cm can be found and tracked, the real danger comes from harder-to-see debris that can be as small as a bullet and travel at more than 27,000 kilometers per hour.
—Humberto Basilio, Scientific American, 7 Nov. 2025
The victim, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, told investigators one of the bullets grazed his neck.
—Curt Anderson, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
The final man, in a last-second protective reflex, bows his head and crosses his hands over it, but bullets send him flying backward, and the other militiamen join in, firing repeatedly at the dead bodies.
—Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
While objects larger than 10 cm can be found and tracked, the real danger comes from harder-to-see debris that can be as small as a bullet and travel at more than 27,000 kilometers per hour.
—Humberto Basilio, Scientific American, 7 Nov. 2025
The victim, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, told investigators one of the bullets grazed his neck.
—Curt Anderson, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bullet
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Cherki is unique but plays with a blend of Samir Nasri’s swivel hips and Dimitri Payet’s ball striking.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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And to get to play these characters that are layered and complex and multidimensional is really fun — anything where there's a public and a private life, and a secret, and different elements at play, and having to keep different balls in the air is really fulfilling and fun.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
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Kyiv has persistently targeted various types of sites linked to Moscow's military industry, from fuel depots to refineries funding its war effort to chemical factories grinding out supplies for ammunition.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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The case was upended by revelations that ammunition related to Hutchins shooting was brought into the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office before the trial began.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
10 Nov. 2025
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The breakthrough came when the researchers introduced a minute amount of ordinary salt at a critical stage in the process, which triggered the metal to wrap around the template instead of spreading out, enabling the formation of stable nanotube shells.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
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Taco Bell shook up its menu in 2014 with a waffle used as a taco shell to hold eggs, cheese and meat.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But the 18mm cartridge was capable of penetrating 55 layers of Kevlar at close range, and Harwood stood six feet away without any shield at all.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
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The Russian 9x19mm 7N31 cartridge is specially engineered to defeat modern body armor while maintaining effectiveness against unarmored targets.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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So last Monday, after scrolling through news of the government shutdown and with nothing else planned for the day, the couple decided to fire up their Pit Boss pellet grill and feed anyone who was hungry, no questions asked.—
Sean Clancy,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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There is a limit of three firearms per person; BB, pellet, 3D printed and homemade guns will not be accepted.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Bullet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bullet. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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