Usually means: Simple solution to complex problem.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word silver bullet:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. silver bullet: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. silver bullet: Merriam-Webster
  3. silver bullet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. silver bullet: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. silver bullet: Vocabulary.com
  6. silver-bullet: Wordnik
  7. silver bullet: Wiktionary
  8. silver bullet: Dictionary.com
  9. silver bullet: Online Etymology Dictionary
  10. Silver Bullet (Frontier City), Silver Bullet (Knott's Berry Farm), Silver Bullet (band), Silver Bullet (car), Silver Bullet (disambiguation), Silver Bullet (film), Silver Bullet (rapper), Silver Bullet (roller coaster), Silver Bullet, Silver bullet, The Silver Bullet (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. silver bullet: Rhymezone
  12. silver bullet: FreeDictionary.org
  13. silver bullet: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. silver bullet: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. Silver bullet: World Wide Words

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BuzzWhack (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. silver bullet: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Silver Bullet (cocktail), silver bullet: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Silver bullet: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Silver Bullet (cocktail): Medical dictionary
  4. Silver bullet: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. silver bullet: A Word A Day

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. silver bullet: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (silver bullet)

noun:  (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.
noun:  (figurative) Any straightforward solution perceived to have great effectiveness or bring miraculous results.
noun:  (colloquial) A classic dry martini cocktail.
noun:  (military slang) A thermometer, especially one used for rectal temperature readings.

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