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shots

noun as in gunfire

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Crew members had to cut through the ice on the streets to get shots.

“I was watching ‘Daniel The Tiger’ with my kid and I heard two shots like ‘boom-boom,’” he said.

The more we look at them the more we realize they really are calling the shots in many food webs.

Promo shots for Dee Dee King, taken by famed rock photographer Bob Gruen, are also on display at the Storefront Gallery.

From the first shots of Autumn Sonata it's clear that this is going to be slow going.

The vessel escaped miraculously, with sails torn by shots from three Dutch vessels, which they took for one of their own.

Going back we had some long range shots with the 15-inch guns at batteries in rear of Achi Baba.

The well-aimed shots of the Americans were beginning to tell forcibly against the Spaniards.

He had two shots last year, in Spring and Autumn, but both times was many millions out in his calculations.

A little later on in the day a d——d submarine appeared and had some shots at our transports and store ships.

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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shots, such as: artillery, barrage, blast, bombardment, burst, and detonation.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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