Antonyms for shootingshoot·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. shootingadjective

   Synonyms:
   darting, piercing

How to use shooting in a sentence?

1. Andrew Ames:

   You saw bursts of flames, little flames shooting out from the engine, it almost looked like backfire flames from a motorcycle or car.

2. Vital Nounayon:

   We had just opened and there were a few customers we started to serve when we heard gunshots. ... There were three men shooting in the air, lots of people left their cars and motorcycles and ran. (Attackers) set fire to the vehicles. They also fired on the Cappuccino cafe across from the hotel before setting it on fire.

3. Harold Williams of Hampstead:

   I kind of think a known devil is better than an unknown devil, i don't mind a person shooting off the hip as long as they can back it up.

4. Supervisor Terry Rose:

   We didn’t expect to have a shooting in Highland Park yesterday or shooting here in Kenosha on the Fourth of July. But it does demonstrate to you that guns are a problem in the community. And I don’t think that we’d contribute to the security of this county by allowing guns in county buildings.

5. Marvin E. Wolfgang:

   It is the contention of this observer that few homicides due to shooting could be avoided merely if a firearm were not immediately present, and that the offender would select some other weapon to achieve the same destructive goal.

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