bullets

noun

plural of bullet
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 County court records say Lewis-Bynum’s bullets did not hit the bus. — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 14 Aug. 2026 Knight, with Shakur in the passenger’s seat, was driving a black BMW on East Flamingo Road when bullets blasted through the vehicle. — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026 This is no casual acquaintanceship but a soul-deep bond capable of weathering any storm or earthquake or hail of bullets life might throw its way. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026 The bullet that struck Reagan had bounced off of a limousine – one of many bullets fired in the shooting spree, which wounded three others. — Owen Carry, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 Several of the accompanying staff and Secret Service agents were injured, and one of the bullets ricocheted off of President Reagan’s limousine and struck him in the chest. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026 The bullets drove the shooter, 24-year-old Chad Williams, back from the window. — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 11 Aug. 2026 Three men were also wounded by Hinckley’s bullets, including White House press secretary James Brady, who was permanently disabled and died in 2014 as a result of his injury. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026 The Reuters news agency, citing police, reported that the shooter, who was 14 years old, fired at least 26 bullets and was found with 34 more rounds. — CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bullets
  1. balls
  2. shells
  3. cartridges
  4. pellets
Noun
  • Playing in humid, yet breezy conditions on a mild August evening, players saw balls that appeared to be hit hard didn’t travel as far as others.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Hundreds of people with stereo systems, disco balls, tents, kegs and mattresses left huge amounts of trash, set off fireworks and used Tunitas Creek Beach as a bathroom during all-night events.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of balls
Noun
  • Costs of simple machine gun cartridges, mortar shells and 500-pound bombs are not great.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The shells and skeletons of the organisms were ground up by the ocean waves into a white sand and compacted over time, forming a distinctively smooth and homogenous stone.
    — Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of shells
Noun
  • 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.
    — Thomas Coughlin, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Definition of cartridges
Noun
  • According to a recent study, the first poo pellets helped spread nutrients to deeper parts of the ocean, fueling the evolution of bigger animals in more diverse ecosystems.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026
  • At the company’s Woburn research facility, lab technicians recently poured pellets into a molding machine to make forks.
    — Jennifer McDermott, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of pellets

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