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shooting
has definitions from the field of arms
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[ noun ] (arms) the act of firing a projectile
Synonyms Examples "his shooting was slow but accurate" Used in print (Sports Age, 24:9...)And millions of rounds of entirely new and modern small-arms ammunition , designed for today 's hunting and target shooting . The shooting development program of the Sporting_Arms_and_Ammunition_Manufacturers_'_Institute has successfully published these facts in all major outdoor magazines , many national weeklies and the trade papers . This has been the aim of the director of the shooting development program , the New_York staff of the Sportsmen's_Service_Bureau , and the SAAMI shooting_preserve field consultants since the start of the program in 1954 . Following the kick-off of SAAMI 's shooting development program in 1954 , a most interesting meeting took_place in Washington , D._C. . Following a vigorous campaign of interpretation and leadership development by OEP director Dr._Julian_Smith , today thousands of secondary_schools , colleges and universities have shooting and hunting education in their physical_education and recreation programs . Related terms propulsion discharge gunfire countershot potshot shellfire shoot headshot fire_control shoot |
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[ noun ] (arms) killing by gunfire
Examples "when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies" Used in print (Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)There was a_lot of shooting . Related terms killing homicide drive-by_killing drive-by_shooting wing_shooting shoot |
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