shooting
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈʃuːtɪŋ/
:
tiroteo
- The country is still stunned by the mass shootings this past weekend.
- a school shooting
- a high school shooting
- drive-by shooting
I said, why do kids go and shoot at schools?
- I said, why do kids go and shoot at schools?
- The country is still stunned by the mass shootings this past weekend.
- They never would have imagined school shootings when that was created.
- We've all read about the tragic mass shooting in Atlanta this week.
- But I after the shooting, no one came into the club.
- Are you around when these shootings are going on?
- Nobody still knew if there was a shooting in the inside the embassy.
- And it hardly ever involves good guy shooting and wounded bad guy.
- Then the following week there were four shooting murders along with stabbing murders.
Examples
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The Columbine High School and Virginia Tech shootings are linked by more than guns, grief, and shattered communities.
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That's two people in a related shooting and not a single lead to show for it.
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Apparently there was like a shooting close to me.
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And what was it about the shooting that made you fear for your life?
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I heard something on the radio about a shooting.
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The shooting actually occurred right here in this parking lot.
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Did you hear the shooting?
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How soon after the shooting did Terry get arrested?
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There was a shooting at that convenience store down the block.
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A civilian who was injured in the shooting later died at a hospital.
Synonyms
204
2.5
The sound or act of shooting guns
79
5.6
A violent fight in which people fire guns at each other
35
3.2
A short fight where people shoot at each other with guns
1
7.5
To take part in a battle by shooting at the enemy
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
18
2.6
A bright streak of light in the night sky when a small rock from space burns up
- Specialized
2
7.4
A final detailed plan for filming that shows scenes, camera directions, and other production details
- NSFW
1
9.5
A place often in an abandoned building where people buy and inject heroin
- Specialized
A machine in a metal workshop that forces sand into a mould to make cores
How Deadly
- Offensive
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7.0
492
3.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
By extension, shooting also became the name for an event when bullets are fired and people are hurt or killed. That's why a shooting now often means an incident of gunfire with injuries or death.