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
Those were her last words before the agent fired three bullets through the window, according to multiple videos taken from a number of angles.
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Theresa Braine, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026
The foreman dragged the fellow responsible for this disaster by the hair to a corner of the encampment and, deaf to his pleas, put two bullets in his head.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
Just moments later, the suspects allegedly fired bullets through the door, hitting the woman.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
Journalists covering him have traded press vests for body armour to survive the bullets and tear gas that have become standard features of Ugandan elections.
—Charles Onyango-Obbo, semafor.com, 12 Jan. 2026
Too bad for Lexy that the gun is out of bullets.
—Derek Lawrence, HollywoodReporter, 12 Jan. 2026
Kenneth Heath fired two fatal bullets into the brain of Michael Sheriden causing his death.
—Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
Those were her last words before the agent fired three bullets through the window, according to multiple videos taken from a number of angles.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026
It was buried inside a shipping container alongside a silencer, an Uzi submachine gun and tens of thousands of bullets of different calibers.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bullets
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Rebuilding efforts can also be delayed by the bounces of lottery balls, a bust pick, organizational impatience, a key devastating injury and the like.—
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Federal agents have launched less lethal munitions, including pepper balls, tear gas, pepper spray, and flashbangs at protesters, according to CNN.—
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Distinctive mounds of pretty pink conch shells tower over the waves, piled up over the centuries to create one of Anegada's most important landmarks.—
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Scale insects appear as tiny brown shells on plants.—
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Finally, with the samples stashed safely in an ice chest, Collins opened the grills, blowtorched some pellets inside, and watched as the smoke got going.—
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Ice melt contains salt pellets that help melt ice on driveways and sidewalks.—
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“Bullets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bullets. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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