Meaning of Shooting | Babel Free

Definitions

1. photo shoot
2. an instance of shooting with a gun or other weapon
   countable
3. the sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon
   uncountable
4. a district in which people have the right to kill game with firearms
   countable, uncountable
5. the act of one who, or that which, shoots
   countable, uncountable
6. a sensation of darting pain
   countable, uncountable
7. filming
   Philippines, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Police are hunting the people who carried out the shootings last week.”

“Well, I've always been progun, you know that. It's... yeah, I think adding more guns into a situation is obviously the way to prevent shooting. I think in a way, if we take the guns away, the shootings may escalate. And I think that's why he's so firm on literally arming everyone. I think if you don't have a gun in your hands... well, let's not find out what that world would be.”

“The Gun Violence Archive[…] defines a mass shooting as one in which at least four people were killed or injured. As of late March, the Gun Violence Archive has counted 130 mass shootings in the United States this year.”

“Well, I've always been progun, you know that. It's... yeah, I think adding more guns into a situation is obviously the way to prevent shooting. I think in a way, if we take the guns away, the shootings may escalate.”

“I take part in shooting at the local archery club.”

“the shooting of rays of light”

“a shooting in one's head”

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