Related Words for active shooter

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WordSyllablesCategories
combatant
x/x
Noun, Noun
shooting
/x
Noun
hot pursuit
/x/
Phrase, Noun
gunshot
/x
Noun
shooting war
/x/
Phrase, Noun
assault weapon
x//x
Phrase, Noun
turkey shoot
/xx
Phrase, Noun
incoming
/xx
Noun
assault rifle
x//x
Phrase, Noun
enemy combatant
/xxx/x
Phrase, Noun
gunfire
/xx
Noun
arming
/x
Noun
lookout
/x
Noun
shotgun
/x
Noun
military
/xxx
Noun
mark
/
Noun
firing line
/x/
Phrase, Noun
booting
/x
Noun
offensive
x/x
Noun
action
/x
Noun
firing squad
/x/
Phrase, Noun
manhunt
/x
Noun
projectile
x/x
Noun
target of opportunity
/x/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
concealed carry
x//x
Phrase, Noun
antiterrorism
xxxxxx
Noun
gunpoint
/x
Noun
attack
x/
Noun
assault
x/
Noun
homicide
/xx
Noun
red flag law
///
Phrase, Noun
round
/
Noun
strafing
/x
Noun
weapon
/x
Noun
roundup
/x
Noun
red ball
//
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
death squad
//
Phrase, Noun
alert
x/
Noun
lineup
/x
Noun
aggravated assault
/xxxx/
Phrase, Noun
lethal
/x
Adjective
salvo
/x
Noun
casualty
/xxx
Noun
belligerent
x/xx
Noun
active duty
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
fire
/x
Noun
swatting
/x
Verb
artillery
x/xx
Noun
return fire
x//x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
line of fire
///x
Phrase, Noun
firefight
/x
Noun
red alert
//x
Phrase, Noun
bolo
/x
Noun
ambush
/x
Noun
armed robbery
//xx
Name, Name
manual
/xx
Noun
soft target
//x
Phrase, Noun
squad
/
Noun
barrage
x/
Noun
fatality
x/xx
Noun
munition
x/x
Noun
serial
/xx
Noun
wetting
/x
Noun
dead set
//
Phrase, Noun, Adjective
standoff
/x
Noun
prisoner of war
/xx//
Phrase, Noun
emergency
x/xx
Noun
troop
/
Noun
rearguard action
///x
Phrase, Noun
killing
/x
Noun
armament
/xx
Noun
heavy artillery
/xx/xx
Phrase, Noun
hostage
/x
Noun
firing point
/x/
Phrase, Noun
hit list
//
Phrase, Noun
alarm
x/
Noun
threat
/
Noun
zone of action
///x
Phrase, Noun
police
x/
Noun
endangerment
x/xx
Noun
onslaught
/x
Noun
detail
x/
Noun
pullout
/x
Noun
suicide
/xx
Noun
incursion
x/x
Noun
siege
/
Noun
ordnance
/x
Noun
call to arms
///
Phrase, Noun
deserter
/xx
Noun
stalking
/x
Noun
modus operandi
/xxx/x
Phrase, Noun
warfare
/x
Noun
game
/
Noun
takedown
/x
Noun
special forces
/x/x
Name, Name
about
x/
Adverb, Adjective
acrobatic
xx/x
Adjective
acting
/x
Noun, Adjective
actionable
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
activate
/xx
Verb
actively
/xx
Adverb
activist
/xx
Noun, Adjective
activities
x/xx
Noun
actual
/xx
Adjective, Noun
acute
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
affirmative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
agate
/x
Noun, Adverb
agent
/x
Noun
aggressive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
agile
/x
Noun, Adjective
aircraft
/x
Noun
alive
x/
Adjective
antitank
xx/
Adjective
ardent
/x
Adjective
assassin
x/x
Noun, Verb
assertive
x/x
Adjective
asset
/x
Noun
athletic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
autonomous
x/xx
Adjective
awake
x/
Adjective, Verb
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
ball
/
Noun, Verb
belt
/
Noun, Verb
bowler
/x
Noun
boy
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
brig
/
Noun, Verb
brisk
/
Adjective, Verb
buoyant
/x
Adjective
bustling
/xx
Adjective, Noun
busy
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
caliber
/xx
Noun
calibre
/xx
Noun
cannon
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
check
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
choose
/
Verb, Noun
chop
/
Noun, Verb
cleansing
/x
Noun, Adjective
click
/
Verb, Noun
climber
/x
Noun, Verb
committed
x/x
Adjective
concrete
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
constructive
x/x
Adjective
coordinated
x/xxx
Adjective
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
crack shot
//
Phrase, Noun
credit
/x
Noun, Verb
current
/x
Adjective, Noun
dancing
/x
Noun
dial
/x
Noun, Verb
diligent
/xx
Adjective
dislike
x/
Noun, Verb
diver
/x
Noun
doer
/
Noun
dormant
/x
Adjective, Noun
drastic
/x
Adjective, Noun
drives
/
Noun
dynamic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
dynamical
x/xx
Adjective
effective
x/x
Adjective, Noun
efficient
x/x
Adjective, Noun
employable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
employed
x/
Adjective
employment
x/x
Noun
enable
x/x
Verb
energetic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
energize
/xx
Verb
energy
/xx
Noun
engaged
x/
Adjective
enterprising
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
enthusiastic
xxx/x
Adjective
equip
x/
Verb
erupting
x/x
Verb
estate
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
event
x/
Noun, Verb
evolutionary
xx/xxx
Adjective
exercise
/xx
Noun, Verb
existent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
existing
x/x
Adjective
expansive
x/x
Adjective
extinct
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
extrapulmonary
xx/xxx
Adjective
fighting
/x
Noun, Adjective
fit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
flier
/x
Noun, Verb
force
/
Noun, Verb
forceful
/x
Adjective
full
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
gambler
/x
Noun
going
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
golfer
/x
Noun
guilty
/x
Adjective, Noun
gun
/
Noun, Verb
gunman
/x
Noun
gunner
/x
Noun
gunslinger
/xx
Noun
gymnastic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
handle
/x
Verb, Noun
happy
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
healthy
/x
Adjective
hired gun
/x/
Phrase, Noun
hit man
//
Phrase, Noun
hitter
/x
Noun
hot
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
hustle
/x
Noun, Verb
hyper
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
hyperactive
xx/x
Adjective
imperfect
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
in full swing
x//
Phrase, Adverb
inactive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
indicative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
infinitive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
initiative
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
institutionalised
xx/xx/
Adjective
instrumental
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
intense
x/
Adjective
intensive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
intermediary
xx/xxx
Noun, Adjective
interrogative
xx/xx
Adjective, Noun
involved
x/
Adjective
inward
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
keen
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
killer
/x
Noun, Adjective
knob
/
Noun, Verb
labour
/x
Noun, Verb
lazy
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
lifestyle
/x
Noun
live
/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb
lively
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
loading
/x
Noun
marksman
/x
Noun
masculine
/xx
Adjective, Noun
mauser
/x
Name
maverick
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Verb
meaningful
/xx
Adjective
merry
/x
Adjective, Name
militant
/xx
Adjective, Noun
millimeter
/xxx
Noun
momentum
x/x
Noun
moving
/x
Adjective, Noun
mugger
/x
Noun
murderer
/xx
Noun
nimble
/x
Adjective, Verb
occupied
/xx
Adjective
offender
x/x
Noun
officer
/xx
Noun, Verb
on
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
on duty
//x
Phrase
on the go
/x/
Phrase
on the move
/x/
Phrase, Adjective
ongoing
/xx
Adjective, Noun
open
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
operand
/xx
Noun
operate
/xx
Verb
operational
xx/xx
Adjective
operative
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
overactive
/x/x
Adjective
participating
x/xxx
Adjective
participation
xxx/x
Noun
participatory
x/xxxx
Adjective
participle
/xxx
Noun
passive
/x
Adjective, Noun
pending
/x
Adjective