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shoot: the act of shooting at targets; "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"; a new branch; produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"; measure the altitude of by using a sextant; "shoot a star"; utter fast and forcefully; "She shot back an answer"; score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"; fire a shot; hit with a missile from a weapon; throw dice, as in a crap game; variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors; "shoot cloth"; throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"; send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance"; cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg"; kill by firing a missile; emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"

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pick off collapse: shoot one by one

gun for collapse

detonate collapse: burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded"

let fly collapse

gun down collapse: strike down or shoot down

snipe collapse: a gunshot from a concealed location; Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks; hunt or shoot snipe

pistol collapse: a firearm that is held and fired with one hand

potshot collapse: a shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a pothunter); criticism aimed at an easy target and made without careful consideration; "reporters took potshots at the mayor"

open fire collapse: start firing a weapon

shoot down collapse

strafe collapse: an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane; "the next morning they carried out a strafe of enemy airfields"; attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane; "civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country's surrender"

protrude collapse

jut collapse

zero in on collapse

germinate collapse: cause to grow or sprout; "the plentiful rain germinated my plants"

bombard collapse: address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage; "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience"; "The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer"; throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden"

shoot ahead collapse

incinerate collapse: become reduced to ashes; "The paper incinerated quickly"

go all out collapse: perform a task as well as possible; "The cast gives full measure every night"

incandesce collapse: become incandescent or glow with heat; "an incandescing body"; cause to become incandescent or glow; "the lamp was incandesced"

cannonade collapse: intense and continuous artillery fire; attack with canons or artillery

shoot up collapse: rise dramatically; "Prices shot up overnight"

glint collapse: a spatially localized brightness

vaporize collapse

luxuriate collapse: thrive profusely or flourish extensively; become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously

stick up collapse

aim at collapse

vegetate collapse: propagate asexually; "The bacterial growth vegetated along"; grow or spread abnormally; "warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed"; grow like a plant; "This fungus usually vegetates vigorously"; produce vegetation; "The fields vegetate vigorously"; establish vegetation on; "They vegetated the hills behind their house"; lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind

lay low collapse

mortar collapse: a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range; a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle; used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall; plaster with mortar; "mortar the wall"

burst forth collapse

stick out collapse: extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff"

sault collapse

radiate collapse: send out real or metaphoric rays; "She radiates happiness"; issue or emerge in rays or waves; "Heat radiated from the metal box"; cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays; "The sun is radiating"; extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiates spines in all directions"; send out rays or waves; "The sun radiates heat"

let off collapse

bring down collapse: cause to be enthusiastic; "Her playing brought down the house"

stand out collapse: be stubborn in resolution or resistance; steer away from shore, of ships

pullulate collapse: breed freely and abundantly; become abundant; increase rapidly

outdistance collapse: go far ahead of; "He outdistanced the other runners"

blossom collapse: develop or come to a promising stage; "Youth blossomed into maturity"

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