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
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Recent Examples of bullets
He's lost all hearing in his right ear, where one of the bullets exited.
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Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Officers fired beanbag rounds, a nonlethal alternative to bullets, to subdue Carter and take him into custody.
—Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
One of the bullets severed his spine, leaving him paralyzed on a respirator.
—Alice Gainer, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Bell-Johnson and a second shooter, Jay Nixon-Clark, believed that associates of Monroe had fired bullets at a house in which Bell-Johnson’s relatives lived, Fort Worth Police Department homicide detectives concluded.
—Emerson Clarridge
updated February 9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2026
Amadou Diallo, 27, who police believe was a bystander, was also fatally struck as the bullets flew.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2026
Desiree’s best friend, who was shot in the leg, testified that Powell fled the area after apparently running out of bullets.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2026
The total number of shooting victims at the child’s birthday party increased to 17 after authorities learned of two men who were grazed by bullets.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Little would the playwright have imagined that something yet to be invented called social media would one day be more powerful than swords, bullets and bombs.
—Sandeep Gopalan, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2026
Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 10 Feb. 2026
Officers fired beanbag rounds, a nonlethal alternative to bullets, to subdue Carter and take him into custody.
—Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
One of the bullets severed his spine, leaving him paralyzed on a respirator.
—Alice Gainer, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
Bell-Johnson and a second shooter, Jay Nixon-Clark, believed that associates of Monroe had fired bullets at a house in which Bell-Johnson’s relatives lived, Fort Worth Police Department homicide detectives concluded.
—Emerson Clarridge
updated February 9, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Feb. 2026
Amadou Diallo, 27, who police believe was a bystander, was also fatally struck as the bullets flew.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2026
Desiree’s best friend, who was shot in the leg, testified that Powell fled the area after apparently running out of bullets.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2026
The total number of shooting victims at the child’s birthday party increased to 17 after authorities learned of two men who were grazed by bullets.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Little would the playwright have imagined that something yet to be invented called social media would one day be more powerful than swords, bullets and bombs.
—Sandeep Gopalan, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bullets
Noun
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Five of them will be white balls numbered 1 to 69.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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How to play the Powerball To play, select five numbers from 1 to 69 for the white balls, then select one number from 1 to 26 for the red Powerball.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
12 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The third and final is chitosan, which is created from the shells of crustaceans and insects.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Feb. 2026
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Six eggs with broken shells got hit with Stop Sales.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Projections of new optical storage archiving systems promise 1PB raw capacity optical cartridges by the 2030’s, compared to the possible 365TB raw capacity cartridge projections for LTO Gen 14.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The wintry mix is made mostly of snow and graupel, which is also called snow pellets or soft hail.—
Katie Wiseman,
IndyStar,
6 Feb. 2026
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The team was able to rapidly transform raw pellets into heavy-duty, construction-ready components.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Bullets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bullets. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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