squeezed off

past tense of squeeze off
as in fired
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 squeezed off 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
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  • Over the weekend, the Houthis fired missiles at two Saudi oil complexes on the Red Sea coast.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Police said at the time that multiple suspects arrived in a Chevy Equinox, and a passenger in the car fired a pistol before the driver got out and sprayed the residence with bullets from a rifle.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2026
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  • At Northwestern University, noncomputer science majors had interest in taking classes in the department even before ChatGPT launched in 2022, but sometimes there wasn’t enough room, said Samir Khuller, the chair for computer science.
    ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Kuwait said on Saturday that Iranian forces launched a wave of drones within its airspace, with its military destroying multiple aircraft after Iran targeted critical infrastructure in the country's north.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026

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“Squeezed off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squeezed%20off. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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