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bullet-like

  • a word derived from bullet.
    bullet
    noun
    a small metal projectile, part of a cartridge, for firing from small arms.

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Youri Tielemans received a pass inside the Chelsea half, took two touches to shift it out of his feet before angling a bullet-like drive into Kepa Arrizabalaga's top corner.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

Hedda wears bullet-like strands of pearls that choke her neck and a jade-colored gown that seems to molder into a festering, jealous shade of green.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025

"In mantis shrimp competitors exchange bullet-like hits on each other's armored tail plates, or telsons, during fights over shelters," Green explained.

From Science Daily ● May 10, 2024

From slow-cooking gamma-rays and x-rays to the bullet-like tearing of ultra-high-energy particles, borne out of extremes of physics, and ripping through matter like a relativistic slasher.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 4, 2018

No fruit was too green for her palate, no round, bullet-like sphere too hard for her small white teeth.

From Rainbow Hill by Thelma Gooch