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Synonyms for bullet

Grammar : Noun
Spell : boo l-it
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʊl ɪt

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Définition of bullet

Origin :
  • 1550s, from Middle French boulette "cannonball, small ball," diminutive of boule "a ball" (13c.), from Latin bulla "round thing, knob" (see bull (n.2)). Earliest version of bite the bullet recorded 1891, probably with a sense of giving someone a soft lead bullet to clench in the teeth during a painful operation.
  • noun small missile
Example sentences :
  • Or else, in some barroom, a footfall from behind and a bullet through the back.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • But the man had been only stunned by a bullet that plowed its way across the top of his skull.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Raising his arm for a fresh stroke, his wrist was smashed by a bullet.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • He thinks that every bullet is going to hit him, and that every shot is aimed at him.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • Of the bullet it may be said, that its stopping power is all that could be desired.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • The bullet had gone straight to his heart, and he had not suffered.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • You put a bullet through his heart and another through his brain.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • If you have harmed Miss Maxon I'll put a bullet in your heart!
  • Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • The lad's rifle was of the most improved make and a bullet would reach.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • Wally reached out, and took the bullet from him that he might juggle it curiously in his own fingers.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
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