"magic bullet" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-magic bullet.ogg [Australia] Forms: magic bullets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} magic bullet (plural magic bullets)
  1. (idiomatic) A simple remedy for a difficult or complex problem, especially a cure for a disease. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms (simple remedy for complex problem or disease): miracle, panacea, silver bullet, wonder drug Translations (a remedy): ihmelääke (Finnish), panacée [feminine] (French), solution miracle [feminine] (French), remède miracle [masculine] (French), formule magique [feminine] (French), μαγική συνταγή (magikí syntagí) [feminine] (Greek), panacea [feminine] (Italian), 魔弾 (madan) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-magic_bullet-en-noun-TBJRO04c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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