Definition of "silver bullet" []

• An infallible means of attack or defense. (noun)
• A simple remedy for a difficult or intractable problem: "There is no single silver bullet or panacea that will solve all the problems of Bay Area schools” ( San Francisco Chronicle). (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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• "Finette now threw a silver bullet into the sea, and at this a ship immediately appeared, in which she and Yvon took instant refuge."
• "He had all but reached the ship when Finette threw her second silver bullet into the sea."