remove a bullet

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to take a bullet out of something it is lodged in, usually a body

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  • The surgeons are preparing to remove the bullet lodged near his spine.
  • It took the doctor over three hours to successfully remove the bullet from her shoulder.
  • The field medic had to remove the bullet right there on the battlefield.
  • They decided it was safer to leave the shrapnel in than to try and remove the bullet.
  • Once the patient is stable, we will remove the bullet in the morning.
  • The forensic team carefully removed the bullet from the doorframe to identify the weapon.
  • A veterinarian was called in to remove a bullet from the wounded deer.
  • The bullet was removed during a complex emergency surgery.
  • In the 19th century, removing a bullet was a highly dangerous procedure without modern anesthesia.
  • He feels much better now that the doctors have removed the bullet.