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Silver bullet

noun

A simple guaranteed solution for a difficult problem.

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"Silver bullet" Quotes from Famous Books

... verily believed the old governor was a match for Beelzebub himself; and there was even a story told, with great mystery, and under the rose, of his having shot the devil with a silver bullet one dark stormy night as he was sailing in a canoe through Hell-gate; but this I do not record as being an absolute fact. Perish the man who would let fall a drop to discolor the pure ...

— Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete • Washington Irving

... measure of imagined music. He felt himself a greater man this night than he had ever been before. The triumph that was never to be intoxicated him. He was Montrose, he was Claverhouse—a Montrose whom no Philiphaugh awaited, a Claverhouse whom no silver bullet would slay. He saw himself riding in processions, acclaimed by thousands, dictating to senates, the ...

— The Wild Geese • Stanley John Weyman

... the record that should a Rapid Dominance force actually be fielded with the requisite operational capabilities, this force would be neither a silver bullet nor a panacea and certainly not an antidote or preventative for a major policy blunder, miscalculation, or mistake. It should also be fully appreciated that situations will exist in which Rapid Dominance (or any other doctrine) ...

— Shock and Awe - Achieving Rapid Dominance • Harlan K. Ullman and James P. Wade

Words linked to "Silver bullet" : solution