(literally, folklore) A bullet made of silver, usually with reference to the folkloric belief that such bullets are the only weapons which can kill a werewolf, vampire, or other monster.
There is no silver bullet for this problem. It will take hard work and long hours to fix.
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(figurative) Any straightforward solution perceived to have great effectiveness or to bring miraculous results.
Colin H. Kahl, the under secretary of defense for policy, acknowledged last week that “no one capability is a silver bullet,” but said the cluster munitions would allow Ukraine “to sustain the artillery fight for the foreseeable future.”
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(colloquial) A classic dry martini cocktail.
The Martini is nicknamed “the silver bullet” because of its supposedly lethal properties.
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