bullet

bullet
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. missile, shot, ball, lead, slug; buckshot, BB shot. See arms.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. shell, cartridge, shot, ball, bolt, projectile, missile, ammunition, slug, steel-jacketed bullet, soft-nosed bullet, dum-dum bullet, machine-gun bullet, ammo*; see also shot 2 , weapon 1 .
• bite the bullet*,
Syn. face up to, confront, bear up; see endure 2 , face 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
shot, ball, shell, cartridge, trajectile, slug, *lead, pellet, missile.
WORD FIND
• bulletproof garment: bulletproof vest
• bulletproof shield: mantelet
• cartridge with no projectile: blank
• container: cartridge
• covering: jacket
• diameter: caliber
• glowing, military: tracer
• pointed: spitzer
• receptacle: clip, magazine
• shotgun pellets: birdshot, buckshot
• shotgun projectiles used in riots to stun, not kill: baton rounds
• soft, expands when it hits, causing severe damage: dumdum
• trajectory deviation: drift

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