What is "silver bullet"

"very effective, almost magical remedy," 1808. The belief in the magical power of silver weapons to conquer foes goes back at least to ancient Greece (as in Delphic Oracle's advice to Philip of Macedon).

n. 1 A bullet made of silver, usually with reference to the folkloric belief that such bullets are the only weapons which can kill a werewolf. 2 (context idiomatic English) Any straightforward solution perceived to have great effectiveness or bring miraculous results. 3 A cocktail somewhat like a martini.

n. a simple guaranteed solution for a difficult problem; "no silver bullet can make the world safe from terrorism"

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), British rapper remembered from his 1989 releases
• Silver Bullet (roller coaster), a roller coaster at Knott's Berry Farm
• "Silver Bullet", song by Hawthorne Heights from The Silence in Black and White
• Silver Bullet (tank cannon ammunition), see Kinetic energy penetrator
• Coors Light, a beer referred to as "the Silver Bullet" in marketing campaigns
  • Two BD-5J aircraft used by Coors for marketing in the 1980s and early 1990s
• Silver Bullet Band, see Bob Seger
• Silver Bullet (car), an unsuccessful land speed record attempt of the 1930s
• Hughes H-1 Racer flown by Howard Hughes and also known as the Silver Bullet
• No Silver Bullet, a 1986 paper on software engineering by Fred Brooks
• The Colorado Silver Bullets, a women's baseball team

Silver Bullet is a 1985 horror film based on the Stephen King novella Cycle of the Werewolf. It stars Gary Busey, Everett McGill, Megan Follows, Corey Haim, Terry O'Quinn, Lawrence Tierney, Bill Smitrovich, Kent Broadhurst, David Hart, and James Gammon. The film is directed by Dan Attias and produced by Dino De Laurentiis.

Silver Bullet (born Richard David Brown, 12 September 1972 in London, England) is a British rapper. He went to school in London, then Buckingham and then was moved to Leighton Buzzard and then to Aylesbury in 1988. He is most remembered for his singles "Bring Forth the Guillotine" (Tam Tam record label, 1989) and "20 Seconds to Comply". Richard now spearheads multiple sound systems i.e. Shuriken Monsta Farm / Shuriken Rain, Tokyo Opium and goes by the names of Shinichi Makoto / Raiden Takeshi / Damien Broman Se7en / Bunshinsaabaa / Zatorichi and Rikardo El Amante amongst others.

Silver Bullet is a western-themed steel inverted roller coaster designed by Bolliger & Mabillard located at Knott's Berry Farm, an amusement park in Buena Park, California. The $16 million roller coaster was announced on December 1, 2003 and opened on December 7, 2004. A first rider auction was also held where people would bid on seats to be the first riders. The track is approximately long and the lift hill is about tall. The ride lasts two minutes and thirty seconds and features six inversions including a vertical loop, cobra roll, zero-g roll, and two corkscrews.

The Sunbeam Silver Bullet was the last attempt at the land speed record by Sunbeam of Wolverhampton. It was built in 1929 for Kaye Don. Powered by two supercharged engines of 24 litres each, it looked impressive but failed to achieve any records.

Sunbeam's 1927 200 mph land speed record won with the Sunbeam 1000HP had been broken by 1929, and the company decided to build a car capable of reaching so as to recover it. Only aero engines offered enough power to do this, and such a car would also provide a test bed for developing a new generation of Sunbeam aero-engines.