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  • 11shoot — v., n., & int. v. (past and past part. shot) 1 tr. a cause (a gun, bow, etc.) to fire. b discharge (a bullet, arrow, etc.) from a gun, bow, etc. c kill or wound (a person, animal, etc.) with a bullet, arrow, etc. from a gun, bow, etc. 2 intr.… …

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  • 12Shoot 'em up — For the film genre, see Western (genre). For the 2007 action film, see Shoot Em Up …

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  • 13shoot — I. verb (shot; shooting) Etymology: Middle English sheten, shoten, shuten, from Old English scēotan; akin to Old Norse skjōta to shoot Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. (1) to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a… …

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  • 14shoot — shoot1 /shooht/, v., shot, shooting, n. v.t. 1. to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon. 2. to execute or put to death with a bullet: to be shot at sunrise. 3. to send forth or discharge (a missile) from a… …

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  • 15shoot — [c]/ʃut / (say shooht) verb (shot /ʃɒt / (say shot), shooting) –verb (t) 1. to hit, wound, or kill with a missile discharged from a weapon. 2. to execute or put to death with a bullet. 3. to send forth (arrows, bullets, etc.) from a bow, firearm …

  • 16shoot — [[t]ʃut[/t]] v. shot, shoot•ing, n. 1) to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon 2) to send forth or discharge (a missile) from a weapon 3) to discharge (a weapon) 4) to send forth (questions, ideas, etc.)… …

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  • 17shoot — 1. AND shoot up tv. & in. to inject drugs, especially heroin. (Drugs.) □ He actually had to leave the meeting to shoot. □ The two of them were shooting up skag. 2. n. an injection of heroin. (Drugs. Usually shoot up.) □ The way Ernie was yawning …

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  • 18shoot — v 1. hit, wound, hurt, harm, damage, injure; shoot down, bring down, drop, fell; riddle, Sl. pump full of lead, Sl. zap, pick off; kill, slay, Sl. knock off, Sl. snuff out. 2. send forth, discharge, fire or fire off, let fly, let off, eject;… …

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  • 19shoot up — Synonyms and related words: accrue, accumulate, advance, appreciate, balloon, bloat, blossom, bob up, boom, break water, breed, brew, bristle up, broaden, bud, burgeon, burst forth, cock up, crescendo, develop, extrude, float up, flourish, fly up …

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  • 20go ahead — Synonyms and related words: John Hancock, OK, acceptance, admission, advance, advancement, advancing, adventuresome, adventuresomeness, adventurous, adventurousness, affirmance, affirmation, aggression, aggressive, aggressiveness, allowance,… …

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