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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Trump had nearly been killed by an assassin’s bullet at a Pennsylvania rally, an act that hit close to home for Kennedy, whose father was assassinated on the Presidential campaign trail.
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Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article A young man was fatally shot in Brooklyn Tuesday — just hours after an unrelated barrage of bullets left a 15-year-old boy dead and another teen wounded, police said.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025
Her daughter had her body mutilated with eight bullet holes.
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Officers also allege that the bullet that struck Mascia came from his own gun.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
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Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article A young man was fatally shot in Brooklyn Tuesday — just hours after an unrelated barrage of bullets left a 15-year-old boy dead and another teen wounded, police said.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025
Her daughter had her body mutilated with eight bullet holes.
—Abc News, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2025
Officers also allege that the bullet that struck Mascia came from his own gun.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Bullet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bullet. Accessed 8 Feb. 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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