Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: shooting

'shooting'

[shooting.n.01] as in: the act of firing a projectile

Examples:
his shooting was slow but accurate

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[shooting.n.02] as in: killing someone by gunfire

Examples:
when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies

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[shoot.v.01] as in: hit with a missile from a weapon

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[shoot.v.02] as in: kill by firing a missile

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[blast.v.07] as in: fire a shot

Examples:
the gunman blasted away

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[film.v.01] as in: make a film or photograph of something

Examples:
take a scene
shoot a movie

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[shoot.v.05] as in: send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly

Examples:
shoot a glance

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[dart.v.02] as in: run or move very quickly or hastily

Examples:
She dashed into the yard

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[tear.v.03] as in: move quickly and violently

Examples:
The car tore down the street
He came charging into my office

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[shoot.v.08] as in: throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective

Examples:
shoot craps
shoot a golf ball

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[photograph.v.01] as in: record on photographic film

Examples:
I photographed the scene of the accident
She snapped a picture of the President

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[shoot.v.10] as in: emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully

Examples:
The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth

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[shoot.v.11] as in: cause a sharp and sudden pain in

Examples:
The pain shot up her leg

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[inject.v.03] as in: force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing

Examples:
inject hydrogen into the balloon

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[shoot.v.13] as in: variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors

Examples:
shoot cloth

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[shoot.v.14] as in: throw dice, as in a crap game

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[fritter.v.01] as in: spend frivolously and unwisely

Examples:
Fritter away one's inheritance

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[shoot.v.16] as in: score

Examples:
shoot a basket
shoot a goal

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[shoot.v.17] as in: utter fast and forcefully

Examples:
She shot back an answer

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[shoot.v.18] as in: measure the altitude of by using a sextant

Examples:
shoot a star

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[shoot.v.19] as in: produce buds, branches, or germinate

Examples:
the potatoes sprouted

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[inject.v.01] as in: give an injection to

Examples:
We injected the glucose into the patient's vein