bullet
[noun]
Synonyms: projectile, ball, missile, pellet, shot, slug

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

bul‧let /ˈbʊlət, ˈbʊlɪt/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: boulette 'small ball' and boulet 'bullet', from boule 'ball']
a small piece of metal that you fire from a gun ⇒ shell, shot:
He was killed by a single bullet.
a bullet wound in the shoulder
Several bullet holes could be seen beside a window.
⇒ plastic bullet, ⇒ bite the bullet at bite¹(9)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

bullet
noun
ADJ. live | stray | explosive | plastic, rubber | .45 calibre, etc. | machine-gun, rifle, tracer
VERB + BULLET fire, spray sth with The embassy was sprayed with bullets.
shoot (used of a gun) faster than a machine-gun can shoot bullets
be riddled with The body was riddled with bullets.
put They had put a bullet through his brain.
BULLET + VERB hit sb/sth, shoot sb, strike sb/sth The second bullet hit her in the back.
miss sb/sth The bullet missed his heart by less than an inch.
enter sb/sth | kill sb | be lodged, lodge Surgeons are trying to remove a bullet lodged near his spine.
go, pass | fly across, around, etc. sb/sth, rip through sb/sth, smash/thud into sb/sth, whistle past sb/sth A stray bullet whistled past his ear.
bounce, ricochet The bullets ricocheted off the stones.
BULLET + NOUN hole | wound | scar
PREP. ~ from It is a bullet from the same gun that killed the Italian.
~ in/through The second bullet hit her in the back.
PHRASES a hail/volley of bullets They died in a hail of bullets.
a sniper's bullet She was shot through the head by a sniper's bullet.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

bullet

fire a bullet
Police fired rubber bullets to break up the crowd.
a bullet hits/strikes somebody
The first bullet hit him in the back.
a bullet misses somebody/something
The bullet narrowly missed her heart.
a bullet enters somebody's chest/brain etc
There was a scar where the bullet had entered his shoulder.
a bullet is lodged in somebody's chest/brain etc (=is stuck in that part of the body)
Surgeons are trying to remove a bullet lodged in his neck.
a bullet flies (=moves fast)
Bullets were flying around our heads.
a bullet whistles (=moves fast making a noise)
I heard a bullet whistle past me.
a bullet bounces/ricochets off something (=hits something and moves away from it again)
The bullet ricocheted off a wall.
put a bullet through/in something
He threatened to put a bullet through my brain.
spray bullets (=fire a lot of bullets)
The soldier lifted the machine gun and sprayed bullets through the trees.
something is riddled with bullets (=something has a lot of bullets in it)
The car was riddled with bullets.
a stray bullet (=one that someone fires by mistake)
He was tragically killed by a stray bullet.
a rubber/plastic bullet (=one made of rubber/plastic, not designed to kill)
Riot police fired plastic bullets into the air.
an explosive bullet
An explosive bullet is a very unpleasant weapon.
a bullet wound
He died from a bullet wound to his chest.
a bullet hole
There were two bullet holes in the windscreen.
a hail/volley of bullets (=a lot of bullets fired all together)
Officers were met by a hail of bullets from the house.

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