Silver Bullet

Silver Bullet

A silver bullet is a method to kill mythical creatures such as werewolves or a metaphor for any solution of extreme effectiveness.

Silver Bullet may also refer to:

* "Silver Bullet" (film), a 1985 American film based on a Stephen King novella
* Silver Bullet (rapper), a British rapper remembered from his 1989 releases
* Silver Bullet (Knott's Berry Farm), a roller coaster at Knott's Berry Farm
* "Silver Bullet" (Hawthorne Heights song), a Hawthorne Heights song
* Silver Bullet (Coors Light train), the Coors Light train in the commercials
* Silver Bullet Band, see Bob Seger
* Silver Bullet (The Lone Ranger), ammunition used by The Lone Ranger
* Silver Bullet (Sunbeam land speed record car), an unsuccessful land speed record attempt of the 1930s.

* 'Silver bullet', slang for a martini cocktail because it "is clear, potent and never misses its mark," however, this usage is on the decline.

See also

* No Silver Bullet

Notes


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