bullets

noun

plural of bullet
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 We had been told not to point, lest our gestures attract a sniper’s bullets. — Nicolas Niarchos, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026 Jose Cabrera, was standing at the front entrance of the club when the barrage of bullets began flying. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 In June 2025, a gunman fired bullets into the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah, causing thousands of dollars in damage. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 Unsurprisingly, public support for watching an incarcerated man be riddled with bullets on the internet was extremely low. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 15 Oct. 2026 Both died in a hail of bullets — more than 20 rounds fired just after 5 last Friday night near Ellicott Drive and Oakhurst Place. — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 Four bullets entered Shakur’s body, one obliterating his lung. — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026 Suffice it to say the mystery bullets that landed in Rate Field’s bleachers in 2023 and wounded two women definitely aren’t relevant to this feel-good story but are worth mentioning to remind us how much the Sox narrative has changed. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2026 In a second complaint unsealed Wednesday, authorities allege that a few months after the U-Haul incident, a gang member fired a barrage of bullets at a man who owed Argumedo money. — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bullets
  1. balls
  2. shells
  3. cartridges
  4. pellets
  5. ammunitions
Noun
  • Lyons recalled how Meyer and Davis transformed her own cantankerous vision — mushrooms beside saddles, faucets beside disco balls, moldings beside dog doors — into a cohesive design language.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Onigiri Gorichan serves delicate Koshihikari rice balls stuffed with salmon flakes, pickled plums or Spam and egg.
    — Senior Food Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of balls
Noun
  • The idea of recycling lobster, crab, or shrimp shells isn’t exactly new.
    — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Beaten about alone in that water, the shells would have killed me.
    — Gerald R. Hunter, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of shells
Noun
  • 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
Definition of cartridges
Noun
  • Before releasing the ferrets, scientists dust prairie dog burrows with insecticide and scatter food pellets laced with fipronil, the same chemical used in flea control among pets.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • There were over 25 poop pellets in that storage area, near the stairs where there was also a dead roach.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of pellets
Noun
  • Relations and exchange programs between Russia and North Korea have been flourishing in recent years, with North Korea supplying ammunitions and troops to support Russia’s war against Ukraine.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • At least 37 people have been killed and dozens wounded after a Russian drone attack on an ammunitions warehouse triggered a large fire and multiple explosions that lasted for hours in a residential area near Kyiv.
    — Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of ammunitions

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“Bullets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bullets. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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