- bullet
- nounADJECTIVE▪ speeding▪ stray▪ single▪ live▪ explosive▪ lead, plastic, rubber▪ .45-calibre/.45-caliber, etc.▪ machine-gun, rifle, tracer▪ sniper, sniper's▪
She was shot through the head by a sniper's bullet.
▪ magic, silver (figurative)▪a technological silver bullet that will solve the global warming crisis
VERB + BULLET▪ dodge▪ fire, spray sth with▪The embassy was sprayed with bullets.
▪ shoot (used of a gun)▪faster than a machine gun can shoot bullets
▪ load▪ be riddled with▪The body was riddled with bullets.
▪ put▪They had put a bullet through his brain.
▪ deflect▪ removeBULLET + VERB▪ hit sb/sth, pierce 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.
▪ graze sb/sth▪ enter sb/sth, penetrate 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 into sb/sth, tear through sb/sth, thud into sb/sth (esp. AmE), whistle past sb/sth, whizz by, past, etc.▪A stray bullet whistled past his ear.
▪ bounce, ricochet▪The bullets ricocheted off the stones.
▪ come from sthBULLET + NOUN▪ hole▪ wound▪ scarPREPOSITION▪ bullet from▪It is a bullet from the same gun that killed the Italian.
▪ bullet in, bullet through▪He got a bullet in the back.
▪ bullet to▪He was killed by a single bullet to the head.
PHRASES▪ a hail of bullets, a volley of bullets▪They died in a hail of bullets.
▪ take a bullet (for sb) (often figurative)▪I would have taken a bullet for Jack.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
