Synonyms of bullets

bullets

noun

plural of bullet

as in balls

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• balls
• shells
• cartridges
• pellets
• ammunitions
• projectiles
• loads
• missiles
• rounds
• gunshots
• slugs
• shots
• caps
• cannonballs
• dumdums
• leads
• charges
• pops

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blanks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bullets

After riddling the vehicle with bullets and receiving backup from the 400 Mawozo gang, the gunmen set the vehicle on fire with an explosive device, several sources told the Herald. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

Idaho is abundant in critical minerals like antimony, a mineral used in defense manufacturing for bullets, flame retardants, night vision goggles as well as consumer electronics, wind turbines, solar panels and more. — Charlotte Hu, Time, 22 Oct. 2026

There’s a level of seriousness that belies the 90-minute comedy film he’s made, which features an imbecilic white rapper who speaks in Caribbean-British slang and a contraption that shoots bullets out of one’s rear end. — Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026

Miller also testified that, when gunfire rang out shortly after, two bullets had struck his windshield. — Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

We had been told not to point, lest our gestures attract a sniper’s bullets. — Nicolas Niarchos, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026

In June 2025, a gunman fired bullets into the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah, causing thousands of dollars in damage. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Unsurprisingly, public support for watching an incarcerated man be riddled with bullets on the internet was extremely low. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 15 Oct. 2026

Both died in a hail of bullets — more than 20 rounds fired just after 5 last Friday night near Ellicott Drive and Oakhurst Place. — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026