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
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of bullet
No one was injured, but in one case bullets passed through the bedroom of a state senator's 10-year-old daughter.
—
CBS News, 19 Mar. 2025
She’s saddled with an impossible role — that of Susan, an unhappy American wife on vacation with her husband in Morocco, where she’s hit by a stray bullet that puts her life in danger and generates artificial life-or-death stakes.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2025
The bullet struck and killed the movie’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins—who left behind a husband and a young son—and Baldwin was later charged with involuntary manslaughter in a chain of events that was covered closely by the media.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
Death in a hail of bullets has been used to punish mutinies and desertion in armies, as frontier justice in America’s Old West, and as a tool of terror and political repression in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.
—Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bullet
CBS News, 19 Mar. 2025
She’s saddled with an impossible role — that of Susan, an unhappy American wife on vacation with her husband in Morocco, where she’s hit by a stray bullet that puts her life in danger and generates artificial life-or-death stakes.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2025
The bullet struck and killed the movie’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins—who left behind a husband and a young son—and Baldwin was later charged with involuntary manslaughter in a chain of events that was covered closely by the media.
—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
Death in a hail of bullets has been used to punish mutinies and desertion in armies, as frontier justice in America’s Old West, and as a tool of terror and political repression in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.
—Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bullet
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bullet
Noun
-
The Antelopes turn the ball over on nearly 20% of their possessions, one of the worst marks in the country.—
Bennett Conlin,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Mar. 2025
-
Williams has also mixed in a curve ball on 13.46% of his pitches, and a slider for 13.46% of his offerings.—
Bernie Pleskoff,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
-
William O’Neill, the United Nations independent human rights expert on Haiti, said that the fastest, quickest way to dismantle the gangs in Haiti would be to stop the flow of weapons, especially ammunition.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2025
-
In July 2024, a judge threw out the involuntary manslaughter case against Baldwin with prejudice after the actor's lead attorney, Alex Spiro, argued that prosecutors had concealed evidence of ammunition that may have been linked to the fatal shooting.—
Rachel Brodsky,
TIME,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
-
Many of the buildings show the scars of the years of conflict — windows blown out and boarded up, chunks of rubble strewn around from shells hitting concrete.—
Clarissa Ward,
CNN,
18 Mar. 2025
-
Conical shells stretch monstrous in our own alien waters.—
Julie Swarstad Johnson,
Scientific American,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
-
There has been at least one other seizure in Cap-Haïtien since the April 5 incident — two 9mm pistols and 13 9mm-caliber cartridges were discovered in a blue drum in a container shipped from South Florida on April 29.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
-
To capture and analyze the odor of the nine mummies, the team emulated a technique used by perfumers to collect the aroma of rare flowers or other odors in the wild: gently vacuuming a scent into a cartridge.—
Sarah Everts,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
Alternative Therapies There are various alternatives to hormone pellets, including both hormonal and nonhormonal treatments.—
Karen Berger, PharmD,
Verywell Health,
21 Feb. 2025
-
That can be especially true for those receiving pellets, which typically contain higher doses than other forms of testosterone.—
Angela Haupt,
TIME,
19 Feb. 2025
Articles Related to bullet
Cite this Entry
“Bullet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bullet. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share