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noun

a high-speed passenger train, as on certain routes in Japan.

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Origin of bullet train

First recorded in 1965–70

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How to use bullet train in a sentence

The R&D team is not going to be a bullet train away to solve these problems.
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One tester likened that chatter-free ride quality to “a bullet train on rails” as it hugs the terrain.
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Merabet had already been immobilized by a bullet to the groin.
The Muslim Cop Killed by Terrorists|Michael Daly|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
From there we took the train to Nice, France, but the French border control caught us and sent us back to Italy.
Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The U.S. military is finally starting to train Iraqi troops to fight ISIS in restive Anbar province.
Pentagon Insider on New Plan to Fight ISIS: ‘Of Course It’s Not Enough’|Nancy A. Youssef|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Thankfully there were no casualties—the driver managed to stop the train immediately.
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The U.S. only plans to train roughly 3,000 Iraqi troops in the first year.
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It was only the engine drawing the train of cars up to the station to take the passengers away.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
He went careering forward to his point, overturning and wounding; but as he speeded on, he left a train of enemies behind.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
The fire along the three miles front is like the rumble of an express train running over fog signals.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
We were about nine hours of fair daylight traversing 160 miles of level or descending grade, with a light passenger train.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
There were only seventeen stations on the whole line, over which the first passenger train ran on Sept. 17.
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British Dictionary definitions for bullet train

bullet train

noun

a passenger train that travels at very high speed

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