shooting

noun

shoot·ing ˈshü-tiŋ

plural shootings

Synonyms of shooting next

: the act of shooting a gun

But shooting is many a man's choice, especially up at the great hunting clubs like Choctaw Bluff …—

Harriet de Rosišre

: an instance of gun violence directed toward a person or group of people

a drive-by shooting

mass shootings

… a clutch of outspoken student activists flipped the national script on school shootings in America.—

Dahlia Lithwick

: the act of photographing or filming someone or something

A large fan specially designed to create the effect of wind during shooting.—

Ira Konigsberg

That part of filmmaking that comes immediately after the shooting is completed …—

Ira Konigsberg

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The photos appear to have been taken from a camera in a cab, which authorities believe the suspect boarded after the shooting and show him wearing a blue medical mask and a hooded jacket. —

John Bacon, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024 Saturday Night Live's latest Weekend Update segment included several jokes about the public perception of the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson — and viewers had mixed reactions. —

Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024 Five days after the shooting, police still do not know the gunman's name or whereabouts. —

Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024 Buckner said that in the first several hours following the shooting, 47 companies contacted Global Guardian requesting additional executive security. —

Nathaniel Meyersohn and Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shooting