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
An autopsy for the 18-year-old revealed that she had been struck by a single bullet in the right chest, with the bullet becoming lodged in the left shoulder.
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Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 3 July 2025
On its own, however, the lower receiver cannot fire a bullet.
—John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
That part of the interaction was not caught on video though Police Department investigators found a gun in Gonzales’ vehicle that was loaded but had no bullet in the chamber.
—Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Comparisons to Robin Hood are not just invited, but demanded: Parker’s signature look is an old-timey cape, complete with head covering, that appears to give him abilities like bending bullets mid-air.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 25 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for bullet
Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 3 July 2025
On its own, however, the lower receiver cannot fire a bullet.
—John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
That part of the interaction was not caught on video though Police Department investigators found a gun in Gonzales’ vehicle that was loaded but had no bullet in the chamber.
—Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Comparisons to Robin Hood are not just invited, but demanded: Parker’s signature look is an old-timey cape, complete with head covering, that appears to give him abilities like bending bullets mid-air.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bullet
Noun
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This is not usually not somewhere Destiny drops the ball.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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The kids were treated to a royal ball, a pajama party and other special surprises.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
1 July 2025
Noun
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Detonating Everything In fact, the Russians might be said to have originated the tactic of using small drones to bring the detonator with their series of sabotage attacks against Ukrainian ammunition depots in 2017.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Ukraine is completely out of ammunition for its two vital missile defense SAMP/T batteries, the Franco-Italian version of the U.S. Patriot missile defense system, according to sources speaking with Le Monde late last month.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
29 June 2025
Noun
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Some 80,000 shells will be launched more than 1,000 feet above the East River.—
Everett Potter,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The most popular is the My Man Go ($14.50), made with fresh mango encased in crème fraîche mango mousse with hazelnut praline in a tropical chocolate shell made to look like a real mango.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2025
Noun
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The company has been spotted disabling the console for users who run a third-party flash cartridge that emulates Switch 1 games.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
18 June 2025
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The company got its hands on the license and pumped out a match-three puzzle cartridge that had precisely nothing in common with Tetris.—
Luke Winkie,
Vulture,
18 June 2025
Noun
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Gel blasters fire water pellets at a rapid pace, some as quickly as 300 gel balls per minute, officials said.—
Sheetal Banchariya,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2025
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Residents of Lassen and Tuolumne counties are fighting against Drax’s plans to build the pellet mills, telling Grist that making wood pellets in forested areas and thinning the forests at the same time would only compound the risk of fires in their communities.—
Tom Brown,
Wired News,
14 June 2025
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“Bullet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bullet. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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