Bullets
Lead and bullets are semantically related. in small missile topic. In some cases you can use "Lead" instead a noun "Bullets".
Both words in one sentence
- Sukiyaki Western Django has the leader of the Whites not so much lead the target but boomerang his bullets by shooting 20% up and to the side.
Source: Lead the Target -
And yes, both wooden bullets and silver bullets are possible IRL, just less effective than the usual lead.
Source: Guns Are Worthless -
In the movie Shoot 'em Up, the Big Bad is torturing the lead female by shooting bullets from a Desert Eagle to heat up the barrel when the hero enters.
Source: Counting Bullets
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Lead and Bullets. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bullets/lead
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