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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.
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bullet
verbs
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.
adjectives
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.
bullet + NOUN
a bullet wound
• He died from a bullet wound to his chest.
a bullet hole
• There were two bullet holes in the windscreen.
phrases
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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