as in balls
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 bullets
Education officials visited the company’s headquarters to see how the product worked and found that bullets did not penetrate the glass.
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Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
5 July 2026
Neighbors called 911 when stray bullets entered a child’s bedroom in a nearby house, the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
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Taylor Croft,
AJC.com,
30 June 2026
Brave Iranian citizens took to the streets calling for liberty, only to be met with bullets, prison cells, torture and death.
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Shaun McCutcheon,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2026
Police helped a woman and a girl get out of the home safely before bullets started flying.
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Frankie McLister,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
Blyth was nominated in the supporting role as Mildred's spoiled daughter, Veda, who seduces her mother's second husband (Zachary Scott), then riddles him with bullets in a jealous rage.
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ABC News,
26 June 2026
Buying Tickets in the Presale These bullets come straight from Miss Rodrigo herself.
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Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
24 June 2026
Because of the bullets that pierced his mother, he was deprived of blood and oxygen for critical minutes just prior to his birth.
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Charlotte Observer,
22 June 2026
Pitman waited as the debtor, a construction worker, transferred a reflective vest, a jug of water, a pair of shoes, a backpack, and a sack of nine-millimetre bullets to the garage.
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Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
5 July 2026
Neighbors called 911 when stray bullets entered a child’s bedroom in a nearby house, the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
—
Taylor Croft,
AJC.com,
30 June 2026
Brave Iranian citizens took to the streets calling for liberty, only to be met with bullets, prison cells, torture and death.
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Shaun McCutcheon,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 June 2026
Police helped a woman and a girl get out of the home safely before bullets started flying.
—
Frankie McLister,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
Blyth was nominated in the supporting role as Mildred's spoiled daughter, Veda, who seduces her mother's second husband (Zachary Scott), then riddles him with bullets in a jealous rage.
—
ABC News,
26 June 2026
Buying Tickets in the Presale These bullets come straight from Miss Rodrigo herself.
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Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
24 June 2026
Because of the bullets that pierced his mother, he was deprived of blood and oxygen for critical minutes just prior to his birth.
—
Charlotte Observer,
22 June 2026
Pitman waited as the debtor, a construction worker, transferred a reflective vest, a jug of water, a pair of shoes, a backpack, and a sack of nine-millimetre bullets to the garage.
—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bullets
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Particularly, soccer balls are having a moment in America, and the numbers don’t lie.
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Each part looks radically different today than when players first started knocking balls around hundreds of years ago.
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At one point in March, Syria accused Hezbollah of launching artillery shells across the border toward Syrian army positions, which Hezbollah denied.
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The recreational use of bigger display fireworks, such as salutes that contain two grains – 130 milligrams – of explosive materials and professional-grade aerial shells with more than 60 grams of pyrotechnic compositions isn't allowed.
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Projections of new optical storage archiving systems promise 1PB raw capacity optical cartridges by the 2030’s, compared to the possible 365TB raw capacity cartridge projections for LTO Gen 14.
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The shotgun pellets destroyed her left eye socket, shattered the roof of her mouth, and profusely damaged her optic nerve, eyesight, nose and upper lip.
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The pellets can be rehydrated before adding them to potting soil or added dry.
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“Bullets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bullets. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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