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as in to gun
to strike with a missile from a gun
hunters can shoot deer only during the legally specified open season
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as in to fly
to proceed or move quickly
some show-off shot past all the other skiers on the slope
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as in to photograph
to take a photograph of
shooting the lakeside scene while the light lasted
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as in to cast
to throw or give off
suddenly the old, broken-down toaster began shooting out sparks
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as in to shout
to voice one's opinions freely with force
you've been wanting to say something since this meeting started, so shoot
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as in to sprinkle
to mark with small spots especially unevenly
hazel eyes that were brown shot with green
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as in to send
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
shot a congratulatory e-mail to his friend as soon as he heard the good news
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as in ache
a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body
there'd be a shoot of pain from that molar whenever I bit down
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as in to soar
to rise abruptly and rapidly
gas prices shot up seemingly overnight
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Recent Examples of shoot
Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2025
No one has to live in L.A. and sadly, there are far too few shoots going on there these days.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025
Instead, Kounde shoots and the effort sneaks underneath Courtois into the bottom left corner, winning the game for his team in the 116th minute.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Control aphids feeding in new shoots with a soap spray.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
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Japanese knotweed’s young shoots and leaves, which appear in early spring, are edible.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2025
No one has to live in L.A. and sadly, there are far too few shoots going on there these days.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025
Instead, Kounde shoots and the effort sneaks underneath Courtois into the bottom left corner, winning the game for his team in the 116th minute.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Control aphids feeding in new shoots with a soap spray.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoot
Noun
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But Arthur's lack of limbs hasn't slowed him down, and he was adopted soon after by his loving family.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Apr. 2025
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Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Grief arrives in waves — sometimes in quiet tears, sometimes in guttural sobs, sometimes in the simple, brutal ache of reaching for your phone to text her, only to remember a painstaking reality.—
Carissa Talmage,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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Headaches and migraines, which are described as tension-type headaches, are common in women and can be associated with other body aches and pains.—
Maia Niguel Hoskin,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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By the time the bugle sounds at the 151st Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 3, 2025, more than 3,000 pounds of shrimp, 3,120 pounds of Brussels sprouts, 50,000 liters of bourbon, and 28,730 bunches of mint will have passed through the kitchens of Churchill Downs.—
Nasha Smith,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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But the tender green sprouts pushing through the earth at Red Fire Farm don’t know anything about that.—
Melanie Stetson Freeman,
Christian Science Monitor,
22 Apr. 2025
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The periodontist will remove any stitches if necessary during your follow-up visit.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
3 May 2025
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But his left hand went through a pane window on a swinging door that required 70 stitches.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
25 Apr. 2025
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Dalton feels a pang when the hare bounds past the garden wall.—
Alexandra Alter,
New York Times,
23 Mar. 2025
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Having to walk past those luxurious, roomy, and comfortable-looking lie-flat beds in business-class on your way to economy is enough to trigger a pang of jealousy.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Mar. 2025
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During raging emotional turmoil in the 1990s, Beth turned to writing to make sense of loss, pain, and a desire to belong.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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An inmate put to death last month in South Carolina's second firing squad execution was conscious and likely in extreme pain for up to a minute after the bullets missed their target and failed to quickly stop his heart, according to a pathologist hired by the inmate's attorneys.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 May 2025
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The product glides on smooth like butter and leaves behind a faint cooling tingle.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
17 Apr. 2025
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That tingle of anxiety will become an old friend, and the feeling of having triumphed over fear will become equally familiar, if not more familiar, than the fear itself.—
Essence,
Essence,
25 Feb. 2025
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Teen completes brutal swim across New Zealand’s Cook Strait Californian Maya Merhige, 17, suffered thousands of jellyfish stings during the 14-hour, 27-mile swim.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
1 May 2025
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Othello might have been shut out from today’s Tony Award nominations, but this news probably takes away a bit of the sting: The Broadway revival starring Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal and directed by Kenny Leon has officially recouped its investment.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
1 May 2025
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“Shoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoot. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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