Thesaurus results for SQUEEZE OFF

squeeze off

verb

as in to fire

to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force the hunter waited for the deer to start feeding, then squeezed off several rounds

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Recent Examples of squeeze off Nicholas Carrillo ran away on foot from a vehicle stop and was leaping over a fence — unarmed — when Murillo squeezed off four rounds. —

James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2026 This week’s news shows that the principles can come to an understanding to slowly squeeze off the amount of litter, and phosphorus, polluting the river. —

Editorial Board, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2026 At about 9:29, the crew squeezed off the main gas line and stopped gas flow in the 2-inch-diameter steel main line and .75-inch-diameter steel service line in front of the home. —

Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2026 Pazmiño thinks these routes will get only more popular with traffickers as the Caribbean routes are squeezed off. —

Ana María Cañizares, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025 He was squeezed off the third base position when Breslow signed Alex Bregman to a $120 million free agent contract in the offseason. —

Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025 The players that do squeeze off more shots, typically aren’t doing so from dangerous areas. —

Brett Koremenos, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025 The officer squeezed off three quick shots, hitting the dog and sending it back into the house, yelping. —

Laura A. Bischoff, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025 Homeowner's surveillance camera The homeowner whipped out his weapon and squeezed off at least a half-dozen rounds at the retreating attackers, video showed. —

Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2023

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Verb

According to the Broward Sheriff's Office, the shooting happened last Monday night after a 27-year-old man, identified as William Forhan, was robbed and then chased after the suspect while firing a gun multiple times.

— Joan Murray, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
The revelation about Joseph Félix Badio, a former official in Haiti’s anti-corruption unit who was fired months before the brazen killing, emerged Monday during the cross-examination of an FBI official who served as a case agent.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026