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 vehicle was struck several times by the gunfire and the three people shot were hit by stray bullets, authorities said. Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025 Elon Musk dodged this bullet – only because X is no longer listed on the market. New Atlas, 27 Jan. 2025 In the beginning, this was done by taking Jews to mass graves and shooting them — part of the Holocaust by bullets. Martin Kimel, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2025 One of the vehicles had a window and its windshield shattered by the bullets. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for bullet 
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Noun
  • The researchers believe that pockets or veins of water flowed beneath the surface of Bennu’s parent asteroid, which was probably similar to a big ball of mud in the early days of the solar system, McCoy said.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 29 Jan. 2025
  • The Chiefs got the ball back and scored a touchdown to regain the lead.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • After a physical altercation, the men set the home ablaze — with her inside — and escaped with a green safe, a Beretta handgun, an AK-47-style rifle, jade figurines and 2,000 rounds of ammunition, the FBI said.
    Faith Karimi, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
  • There were also numerous boxes of ammunition, three license plates, and some clothing.
    Emma Steele, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Collins is hard to read at first, but Paradise does give Brown some chances later on to open up and show us what’s behind his tough outer shell.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Two 9mm shell casings were later found by A$AP Relli at the scene and returned to the police.
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The two cartridges that come with the XL model are rated at a total of 4,200 pages.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The durable, high-quality glass cartridge ensures that each flavorful hit is as smooth as the first.
    Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • About 15 minutes later, an employee of Urban Mo’s Bar & Grill was outside when he was hit by a gel pellet.
    City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The bait, a rodenticide laced with grain pellets, was carefully distributed across the island.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025

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“Bullet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bullet. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.

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