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Meaning of bullet train

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

bullet train

noun

Definitions

  1. A high-speed passenger train in Japan which runs at speeds from 200-300 kilometers per hour on the shinkansen network.

  2. A high-speed train which resembles such a train.

  3. Suicide by small firearm; see take the bullet train.

    Example: “I should probably take the bullet train, and save her the grief.”