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

Matched Categories

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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How to use shooting in a sentence?

1. Abu El Hosna:

   Suddenly I see this guy not far from us ... he looks at us and he's shooting at us. At first I brought my colleague to safety. And then I hid behind a tree, but the guy was moving toward us and continued to shoot, i was speaking to him, I said 'Is this about religion? I am Muslim, we are all Muslim here,' and I was speaking in Arabic so that he would stop, but he didn't stop.

2. Lou Riolo:

   We planned on doing it immediately after the singing of the National Anthem because we knew Jack sitting there with all the commotion for over 45 minutes would be too much. i did run it past our Assistant Principal Mr. John Fink because he would be honest if he thought it was as I called it Shooting the moon. He loved it. I also informed our [superintendent]Mr. Andy Irvin and before I finished his answer was I love it, lets do it! I met with Barbara and Pat, Jacks parents, and they thought it was a great idea.

3. Texas Senator Ted Cruz:

   Listen, I will let Donald speak for himself. I can say I have no intention of shooting anybody in this campaign.

4. James Highsmith:

   One of the most deadly parts about a shooting is the retaliation, cause when it comes back…it’s not that they’re just shooting at one person. The way things are today, they go at the whole block. So if you live on that block, then they shooting at you.

5. Witness Katie Domingue:

   He wasn't saying anything. I didn't hear anybody screaming either, prayers for Lafayette at Grand Theater. Talking to state police colonel about shooting in Lafayette.