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shooting

/ˈʃuːtɪŋ/ adjective B1
  1. Moving or growing quickly · Shooting beams of light played over the sea.
  2. Of a pain, sudden and darting · I often feel a shooting pain in my arm.
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“But if I do fight, you will surely not object to giving me a lesson or two in shooting and fencing?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 809 · C1
Dorothy ran down and helped the Scarecrow to his feet, and the Lion came up to her, feeling rather bruised and sore, and said, “It is useless to fight people with shooting heads; no one can withstand them.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 138 · B2
“There wasn’t any trouble over treaties when it was a question of shooting the poor Duc d’Enghien.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 47 · C1
If they fire, Watson, have no compunction about shooting them down.”
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 27 · B2

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