shooting

DEFINITIONS OF: shooting

“his shooting was slow but accurate”

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the act of shooting at targets; countershot
a return shot; a retaliatory shot; discharge, firing, firing off
the act of discharging a gun; gunfire, gunshot
the act of shooting a gun; headshot
a shot aimed at a person's head; shellfire
shooting artillery shells; potshot
a shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a pothunter); gun
the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies; enfilade, enfilade fire
gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation; snipe
a gunshot from a concealed location; skeet, skeet shooting, trapshooting
the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird

“when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies”

Types:: drive-by killing
homicide committed by shooting from a moving automobile; drive-by shooting
shooting someone from a car as it is driven past the victim; wing shooting
shooting game birds that are flying (on the wing)

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