shooting

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    the act of firing a projectile
    killing someone by gunfire

Word Origin

shooting (n.)
Old English scotung, verbal noun from shoot (v.). Sports sense from 1885; film camera sense by 1920. Shooting gallery is from 1836; shooting match is from 1750. Shooting star first recorded 1590s (shoot (v.) with reference to meteors is from late 13c.).

Example

1. The death toll from the shooting remains at 12 .
2. Evidently he had plans for a columbine-style shooting spree .
3. Backscatter scanners work by shooting a beam of x-rays at a subject .
4. The independent inquiry uncovered multiple security flaws and concluded that mr breivik 's shooting spree on utoya island could have been stopped a lot sooner .
5. In the same conversation , representative trent franks , an arizona republican , found himself deflecting the suggestion that perhaps the shooting indicated a need for tighter gun control laws .

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