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
Concrete walls like the ones surrounding the Army facility in Kuwait were typical during the Global War on Terror, built to blunt bullets, rockets, mortars and ground-level blasts -- but not capable of defending against direct aerial strikes from drones.
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Chris Boccia, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
But less than an hour later, the same vehicle returned, and this time two passengers riddled Hughes’ car with bullets, authorities said.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026
In late 2025, officials announced archaeologists had uncovered a cache of bullets fired during the Battle of Culloden, shedding new light on its final moments.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Police said several bullets went through the window of a nearby urgent care during the shooting, but no one was injured.
—Adi Guajardo, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
The bullets killed an attendee named Corey Comperatore and seriously wounded two others before the Secret Service shot and killed the gunman.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
Using mathematical and three-dimensional modeling, the researchers scrutinized the damage on Pompeii’s walls and ultimately found that the angles and grooves didn’t match typical sling bullets or catapult shots.
—Taylor Mitchell Brown, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2026
Months earlier, miners had dug foxholes under tents so women and children could avoid bullets randomly fired through the camps.
—Robert Forrant, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
One subset of varmint rounds are cartridges that don't use bullets.
—David Szondy
april 19, New Atlas, 19 Apr. 2026
Chris Boccia, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
But less than an hour later, the same vehicle returned, and this time two passengers riddled Hughes’ car with bullets, authorities said.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026
In late 2025, officials announced archaeologists had uncovered a cache of bullets fired during the Battle of Culloden, shedding new light on its final moments.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Police said several bullets went through the window of a nearby urgent care during the shooting, but no one was injured.
—Adi Guajardo, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
The bullets killed an attendee named Corey Comperatore and seriously wounded two others before the Secret Service shot and killed the gunman.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
Using mathematical and three-dimensional modeling, the researchers scrutinized the damage on Pompeii’s walls and ultimately found that the angles and grooves didn’t match typical sling bullets or catapult shots.
—Taylor Mitchell Brown, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2026
Months earlier, miners had dug foxholes under tents so women and children could avoid bullets randomly fired through the camps.
—Robert Forrant, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
One subset of varmint rounds are cartridges that don't use bullets.
—David Szondy
april 19, New Atlas, 19 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bullets
Noun
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While mice are mostly optical now (instead of using balls), dust can still stick on the buttons.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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The Royals won the match by six wickets, with four balls left, to keep them in fourth on level points with Royal Challengers Bengalaru and Sunrisers Hyderabad, one point off the top spot.—
Jessica Hopkins,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Handley says to make sure the shells are dry before using them in your garden.—
Peg Aloi,
The Spruce,
25 Apr. 2026
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Invertebrates, on the other hand, were seen as prey that evolved protective structures such as hard shells in response to predation.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 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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Heating utilizes pellets made from wood offcuts from local forestry programs that would otherwise be thrown away.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Sheila Morovati, founder and CEO of environmental nonprofit Habits of Waste and a longtime advocate pushing to make Hollywood more sustainable, notes that carpets don’t necessarily need to be broken down into pellets to get re-purposed.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Bullets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bullets. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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