silver bullet
nounDefinition of silver bullet
: something that acts as a magical weapon
especially
: one that instantly solves a long-standing problem
Examples of silver bullet in a Sentence
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Most are fairly private about their taste for blood for fear of getting confronted by people with wooden stakes, garlic, a silver bullet, or fire. — Leah Hall, Country Living, "Fact or Fiction: Are Vampires Real?," 14 Aug. 2019 There is no silver bullet for the city’s congestion problem. — Michael Fitzgerald, BostonGlobe.com, "Come on Boston, let’s pick up the pace on building bike lanes," 10 July 2019 But as the virus spreads from the epicenter and threatens to explode across the region, the supply of Merck’s newly developed vaccine — once expected to function as a silver bullet — is dwindling, and likely to burn out before the outbreak does. — Los Angeles Times, "Newsletter: Automakers’ detour around Trump," 26 July 2019 Business groups don’t see TCI as a silver bullet to solve the state’s transportation woes. — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, "It’s true: Environmental and business groups are on the same page," 21 June 2019 Patients think doctors’ disproval of them is just a big master plan to hide the silver bullet. — Essence, "Ask An OB-GYN: Will Detox Pearls Solve All My 'Gina' Problems?," 14 June 2019 The trio weighed implications, and overall, leaned toward interpreters, but none saw that option as a silver bullet. — Cassie Owens, https://www.inquirer.com, "Philly judges discuss language access following study of court reporters," 5 June 2019 There’s no silver bullet to the affordable housing crisis. — Diana Budds, Curbed, "Two senators are proposing national rent relief bills. Here’s why it matters," 10 Aug. 2018 Of all the health myths in the world, the idea that there is a silver bullet for weight loss may be among the most persistent and pernicious. — Korin Miller, SELF, "5 Things You Need To Know About Using Laxatives For Weight Loss," 2 Jan. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'silver bullet.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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