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. Petro Poroshenko:

   Every day, there is shooting from the Russian side, often more than 60 times a day. In total, the ceasefire has been broken 1,100 times.

2. Brandon Wolf -LRB- left -RRB-:

   At the time of the shooting, my focus was very narrow. It was : If we can just get this person elected or if we can just get this piece of legislation over the finish line, then we'll have done the 49 victims proud, but as I get further and further into the work, I realize that we have so much more to do. And if we're really going to honor the victims, we have to fundamentally change the way we treat one another.

3. Olha Kovalyova:

   The Minsk agreement is not working, so how can we call it peace talks if they are shooting and bombing our cites during and after the talks? there is no trust in Russia, but also I hope for peace and calm, but unfortunately this is the situation.

4. President Barack Obama:

   There are officers here who were in the thick of two attacks last year: the shooting at the Washington Naval Yard and the bombing at the Boston Marathon, on those awful days -- and we all remember them -- amid the smoke and the chaos, the courage of these officers shone through. And their quick thinking and level-headedness undoubtedly saved lives.

5. Texas AM University-Commerce:

   Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, families, and friends of those affected by this morning's shooting in Greenville.