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
Its international airport — which only recently reopened — has the remains of propeller planes carelessly tossed to the side of the runway, their bodies riddled with bullet holes and their wings askew.
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
As they were taken to a hospital with serious injures, the third person shot rolled up to a different hospital, police said, in a car hit by bullets.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
Another passerby suffered a minor injury after being struck with a bullet fragment that struck a wall.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
Two men were found shot with multiple bullet wounds at a Houston nightclub after what police say was a robbery attempt, according to reports.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
As they were taken to a hospital with serious injures, the third person shot rolled up to a different hospital, police said, in a car hit by bullets.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
Another passerby suffered a minor injury after being struck with a bullet fragment that struck a wall.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
Two men were found shot with multiple bullet wounds at a Houston nightclub after what police say was a robbery attempt, according to reports.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bullet
Noun
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Another day, as Mom loads the children into the car, Jeremy tosses a basketball against the house, again and again, his passive aggression registering through the ball’s unyielding thuds and his own frozen gaze.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Brandon Bye played a long, arcing ball-in to Velde at the back post for a centering header and Kelsy tapped the go-ahead goal into a wide-open net.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The semiautomatic handgun was loaded with five rounds of ammunition, the DA's office said.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Marcel Ware, 20, faces felony charges of possessing an assault rifle, gun and ammunition possession by a felon, and a misdemeanor count of resisting arrest.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Raw shell eggs were stored above the green peppers in the walk-in cooler.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
April 10,
Sacbee.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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Ikner then uploaded a photo of 12-gauge shotgun shells.—
Jeff Burlew,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The secret sauce, thanks to advances in plastic injection molding, was a drop-in film cartridge that eliminated the difficulties some people had threading roll film.—
Marcia Greenwood,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Officers from the Hartford Police Department responded to the scene and found several cartridge casings on Jefferson Street where the stabbing and shooting occurred, court records show.—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In the Ring video, a person dressed in black pants and a gray T-shirt, with a gray sweatshirt draped over his shoulder, chases two dogs down a residential street, spraying them with pellets from what looks like a gel gun.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2026
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This year, sheep also had to forage for their food pellets inside a colorful sphere with holes in it.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Bullet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bullet. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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