often attributive
1
: a round or elongated missile (as of lead) to be fired from a firearm
broadly
: cartridge sense a
2
a
: something resembling a bullet (as in curved form)
b
: a large dot placed in printed matter to call attention to a particular passage
3
: a very fast and accurately thrown or hit object (such as a ball or puck)
Examples of bullet in a Sentence
He was killed by an assassin's bullet.
Bullets were used to separate each item.
The quarterback threw a bullet to the receiver.
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Stray bullets had shattered his own downstairs window; a second bullet pierced the house and lodged into an upstairs wall.
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Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
Additionally, a bullet hole was found in an office wall and a computer monitor.
—Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 20 Mar. 2025
Almost every time, failure to kill quickly was caused partly by a light bullet.
—Horace R. Hinkley, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2025
Little more than an hour later, he would be felled by an assassin’s bullet.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Mar. 2025
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Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
Additionally, a bullet hole was found in an office wall and a computer monitor.
—Rachel Wolf, Fox News, 20 Mar. 2025
Almost every time, failure to kill quickly was caused partly by a light bullet.
—Horace R. Hinkley, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2025
Little more than an hour later, he would be felled by an assassin’s bullet.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Bullet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bullet. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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bullet
noun
bul·let
ˈbu̇l-ət 
1
: a usually cone-shaped lead pellet fixed in the front of a firearms cartridge
2
a
: something like a bullet
b
: a large dot used in print to call attention to a particular passage
3
: a very fast and accurately thrown or hit object (as a ball)
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