ghost bullet (English, noun)
expansion: ghost bullet (plural ghost bullets)
Senses:
topics: engineering
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glosses: A bullet that is shot by an unseen assailant or one that cannot be seen or heard when it is shot.
topics: ballistics
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A bullet that cannot be found or that is untraceable through ballistic testing.
glosses: An imaginary bullet.
topics: arts
fantasy
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: A supernatural bullet that wounds or kills a person, especially one that is shot by a supernatural assailant.
topics: fantasy
glosses: A bullet that can hurt a ghost or undead creature.
glosses: Something nonphysical (such as words, actions, or memory) that causes physical or emotional damage.
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: ghost bullets
tags: plural