The phrase "You may shoot me with your words" is best categorized as a metaphor. It compares the impact of words to being shot, illustrating how powerful and potentially hurtful words can be. It's not a simile (which would use "like" or "as"), an analogy (which explains one thing in terms of another), an idiom (a phrase that doesn't mean what the individual words suggest), or a pun (a play on words for humor).
You may shoot me with your words
is that a simile, analogy, idiom or pun
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