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
Miami police officers discovered a car riddled with bullets Friday night, with no one around.
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Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
Police recovered three bullet casings at the crime scene as well as surveillance footage that showed a man in a white Chevrolet Silverado entering the clinic on the day Tokuhara was murdered.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Regardless, with your trusty pulse rifle, blasting through the horde never gets too stale, and the 'bullet-sponginess' some have criticized actually feels right for monsters that are meant to be fearsome.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
For protection, a tried-and-true material designed to stop bullets can help here as well.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2025
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Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
Police recovered three bullet casings at the crime scene as well as surveillance footage that showed a man in a white Chevrolet Silverado entering the clinic on the day Tokuhara was murdered.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Regardless, with your trusty pulse rifle, blasting through the horde never gets too stale, and the 'bullet-sponginess' some have criticized actually feels right for monsters that are meant to be fearsome.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
For protection, a tried-and-true material designed to stop bullets can help here as well.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bullet
Noun
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While the development of McCarthy is important to the Vikings this season, Wentz probably gives Minnesota the best chance to move the ball against a stout Browns defense.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Oct. 2025
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Instead, the 49ers punted the ball away and gave the Rams decent field position.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The juvenile's guardians found two weapons with ammunition and gave them to police.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Now, in addition to poring over manifestos and digital footprints, investigators are using these messages found on ammunition and firearms as clues for intention, as illustrated in the Dallas ICE facility incident when investigators were piecing together a possible motive for the attack.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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The Saints drove for a field goal to pull within 14-6, and then Daboll went into a shell with punts on fourth-and-4 from New York’s 48-yard line and fourth-and-2 from New York’s 48-yard line on the next two possessions.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Once baked and cooled, the airy shells of the pastry are filled with cream and finished with a glossy chocolate glaze.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
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Each bottle of ink and each toner cartridge has a page-yield rating, based on test pages developed by the International Organization for Standards (ISO).—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
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Something many people forget is that light recoil is as great an asset for a cartridge to have as high velocity, heavy bullets, and staggering amounts of muzzle energy.—
Jack O'Connor,
Outdoor Life,
24 Sep. 2025
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In an industrial kiln, these pellets reach temperatures of around 900 degrees Celsius, which breaks them down and releases pure CO2 gas.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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Protesters were met with gas canisters and pepper pellets, Fox 32 reported.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Bullet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bullet. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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