Thesaurus results for SILVER BULLET

silver bullet

noun

Definition of silver bullet next

as in magic bullet

US something that very quickly and easily solves a serious problem

—usually singular There is no silver bullet that will solve all our economic problems.

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Recent Examples of silver bullet Reforms that once seemed like silver bullets have lost their potency. —

Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 June 2026 Any discovery won’t be an anti-aging silver bullet. —

Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 16 June 2026 So while a signature shoe often isn’t a silver bullet for any company, Anunoby has the chance to elevate Skechers’ roster to a new level. —

Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 11 June 2026 Taken together, these seven projects show that the future of flight is not a single silver bullet, but a portfolio of electric, hybrid, hydrogen, and radically aerodynamic designs converging on the same goal – drastically lower emissions and noise without giving up speed or range. —

Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for silver bullet

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magic bullet

Noun

No one in the organization was saying that the addition of Triple-A outfielders Jase Bowen and Samad Taylor over the past two days were going to be the magic bullet.

— Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2026
The success of the magic bullet helped establish a framework that shapes medicine to this day.

— Jason Liebowitz, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026