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 property's front gate appeared to have bullet holes.
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Samantha Cookinham, NBC news, 9 Mar. 2026
An autopsy shows all three shots fired by Stevens hit Martinez, with bullets traveling through his left arm before entering his torso and piercing his heart, lungs, liver and other organs.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2026
The split was messy and ugly, with figurative and literal shots fired, some of which left bullet holes in Sermon’s house while Redman still lived there.
—Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 8 Mar. 2026
Another bullet pierced the lower thigh of the friend standing next to Braxton, fellow student Isabela Perazzo Beine.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 8 Mar. 2026
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Samantha Cookinham, NBC news, 9 Mar. 2026
An autopsy shows all three shots fired by Stevens hit Martinez, with bullets traveling through his left arm before entering his torso and piercing his heart, lungs, liver and other organs.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2026
The split was messy and ugly, with figurative and literal shots fired, some of which left bullet holes in Sermon’s house while Redman still lived there.
—Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 8 Mar. 2026
Another bullet pierced the lower thigh of the friend standing next to Braxton, fellow student Isabela Perazzo Beine.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 8 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bullet
Noun
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The Bucks found themselves in position to tie the game with possession of the ball and trailing by just three points in the final seconds.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2026
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In his past six games, Dent has turned the ball over just four times while piling up a stunning 65 assists.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Noting some confusion over the like-for-like numbers this year, given recent changes to the business structure, the analysts said that weapon and ammunition growth will remain elevated, and there is scope for its naval business to be resilient, too.—
Elsa Ohlen,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2026
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Videos published by Islamic State West Africa Province showed massive weaponry and ammunition, as well as dozens of motorcycles and vehicles that the extremists said were captured during the raids.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
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Strewn near the bodies were spent shell casings and a shotgun shell.—
Daniel Wu,
Washington Post,
6 Mar. 2026
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Several people were injured Friday when Afghan mortar shells landed in a village in Mohmand, a district in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local official Mohammad Asif said.—
Munir Ahmed,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Recorded following the filming of his latest sci-fi, Ash (whose score is some of FlyLo’s most boilerplate, Stranger-Things-backwash sounding music yet), this short, seven-song EP dips back into the frantic BPMs of his earlier releases to see if there’s any juice left in the cartridge.—
Sam Goldner,
Pitchfork,
9 Mar. 2026
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None of the firearms matched the cartridge casings found at the scene of the shooting, but the ammunition was the same type, according to the affidavit.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Mar. 2026
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The older boy had dozens of pellets in his face, but amazingly none hit his eyes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Now, blasting aliens and gobbling power pellets with his sons has become sacred bonding time.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Bullet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bullet. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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