Synonyms for shooting
shoot·ing

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1. shooting, shotnoun

   the act of firing a projectile

   "his shooting was slow but accurate"

   Synonyms:
   stab, injection, scene, guess, dig, stroke, barb, pellet, gibe, guesswork, slam, crack, shooter, dead reckoning, guessing, blastoff, snap, snapshot, shaft, shot, jibe

2. shootingnoun

   killing someone by gunfire

   "when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies"

   Synonyms:
   shot

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1. • Homicide

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1. shootingadjective

   Synonyms:
   darting, piercing

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1. List of paraphrases for "shooting":

   firing, gunfire, fire, tir, shootout, shoot-out, filming, gunfight, ceasefire, cease-fire, firefight, shoot, shootings, shot, recording, gunshot, drive-by, murder, tyre

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1. Abu Mustafa:

   We aim to distract the soldiers from shooting and wounding or killing our people. Israeli soldiers will be worried those fire-kites may fall on their heads or torch bushes around them, these kites also torch bushes and trees and not only cause them losses, but keep them busy trying to put out fires.

2. Jacob Bender:

   People running around shooting police cars is the last thing the community wants.

3. Sheriff Grady Judd:

   Don't start shooting through your front door, that' wouldn't be good.

4. Morgan Molsbee:

   After our school shooting, it was hard to talk about it, at first going to school after (that) was scary. You have to move on from it and the teachers will help you.

5. Justin Thomas:

   I mean, I know that he's going to try. I just, I don't see him ever playing if he can't play well. He doesn't strike me as a guy that's like, he's played at home and he's shooting a bunch of 75s and 76s and he's like 'Alright, I'm gonna give [the Masters] a try this year.' Like that's not really gonna be him, at least to my understanding, or from what I know of him.