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What is a silver bullet?

What is a silver bullet? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  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. (idiomatic) Any straightforward solution perceived to have great effectiveness or bring miraculous results.
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Finding a vaccine that could prevent AIDS is considered the silver bullet for the developing world.
Parental leave seems to play an important role in easing some of these issues, but it is by no means a silver bullet.
Employers would be wise to look for ways to contain these costs, but there is not a silver bullet.
The academic literature on DDT and malaria doesn't suggest that DDT is the anti-malaria silver bullet that some people make it out to be.
In the old days, a silver bullet, a dose of sunlight or a stake through the chest would be enough.
It is not a silver bullet, but a useful tool in helping combat these problems.

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