rapid-fire
adjective
rap·id-fire
ˌra-pəd-ˈfī(-ə)r 
1
: firing or adapted for firing shots in rapid succession
2
: marked by rapidity, liveliness, or sharpness
a comedian with a rapid-fire delivery
Examples of rapid-fire in a Sentence
the witness stayed unruffled all through the prosecutor's rapid-fire questioning
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The idea is that once an intelligence explosion occurs, assuming that such a phenomenon ever happens, AI will in rapid-fire progression proceed to accelerate into becoming AGI.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
But given the rapid-fire deportation regime, those timelines can be compressed or sometimes nonexistent.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 30 June 2025
Especially when the side effects are being recited rapid-fire in a monotone that’s barely audible.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 25 June 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
But given the rapid-fire deportation regime, those timelines can be compressed or sometimes nonexistent.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 30 June 2025
Especially when the side effects are being recited rapid-fire in a monotone that’s barely audible.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 25 June 2025
These rapid-fire missives are meant to be a biting taxonomy of the way modern dating has been gamified.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 25 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for rapid-fire
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“Rapid-fire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rapid-fire. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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