BULLETS Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

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 After riddling the vehicle with bullets and receiving backup from the 400 Mawozo gang, the gunmen set the vehicle on fire with an explosive device, several sources told the Herald. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026 Idaho is abundant in critical minerals like antimony, a mineral used in defense manufacturing for bullets, flame retardants, night vision goggles as well as consumer electronics, wind turbines, solar panels and more. — Charlotte Hu, Time, 22 Oct. 2026 There’s a level of seriousness that belies the 90-minute comedy film he’s made, which features an imbecilic white rapper who speaks in Caribbean-British slang and a contraption that shoots bullets out of one’s rear end. — Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026 Miller also testified that, when gunfire rang out shortly after, two bullets had struck his windshield. — Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026 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 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

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Noun

Jansen then returned just before the break to strike twice in one over as Renshaw was caught at third slip and Alex Carey was caught behind for a duck two balls later.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
From Burbank to West Covina, lines tend to form out the door at each of the chain’s locations, with patrons ordering boxes of their signature potato balls, cheese rolls and other pastries.

— Ella Chakarian, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of balls

Noun

An artillery crew soldier from the Separate Rifle Battalion of the National Police in the Zaporizhzhia region prepares shells for a 155-mm Bosnian M94 howitzer in a dugout during a combat mission in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on October 15, 2026.

— Anastasiia Parafeniuk, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
Older heated jackets were bulky outer shells meant to be seen.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of shells

Noun

Researchers from Canada found silicon inside TRISO, a robust nuclear fuel material, before the pellets reached a reactor.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
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

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

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