Collocations for bullet - 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.
The embassy was sprayed with bullets.
shoot (used of a gun)
faster than a machine-gun can shoot bullets
faster than a machine-gun can shoot bullets
be riddled with
The body was riddled with bullets.
The body was riddled with bullets.
put
They had put a bullet through his brain.
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.
The second bullet hit her in the back.
miss sb/sth
The bullet missed his heart by less than an inch.
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.
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.
A stray bullet whistled past his ear.
bounce, ricochet
The bullets ricocheted off the stones.
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.
It is a bullet from the same gun that killed the Italian.
~ in/through
The second bullet hit her in the back.
The second bullet hit her in the back.
PHRASES
a hail/volley of bullets
They died in a hail of bullets.
They died in a hail of bullets.
a sniper''s bullet
She was shot through the head by a sniper''s bullet.
She was shot through the head by a sniper''s bullet.