shoot
11 thesaurus results for: shoot
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | shoot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | A young stemlike growth arising from a plant. |
| Synonyms: | bine, offshoot, runner, sprig, sprout, tendril |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | shoot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To wound or kill with a firearm. |
| Synonyms: | gun, pick off |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | shoot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To launch with great force. |
| Synonyms: | fire, hurtle, loose, project, propel, let fly |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | shoot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To discharge a gun or firearm. |
| Synonyms: | fire, take a shot at |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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Synonym Collection v1.1
| Main Entry: | shoot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Synonyms: | bag, blast, bolt, bombard, cast, chute, dart, dash, discharge, drive, drop, ejaculate, eject, emit, explode, extend, fire, fly, fusillade, germinate, grow, hit, hunt, hurl, hurry, inject, jut, kill, launch, move, penetrate, photograph, plug, pop, project, propel, protrude, race, riddle, rus, shell, snipe, spear, sprout, spurt, strike, throw, thrust, tiller, utter, wound |
Synonym Collection v1.1
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | discredit |
| Part of Speech: | phrasal verb |
| Definition: | To cause to be no longer believed or valued. |
| Synonyms: | debunk, deflate, explode, puncture, knock the bottom out of, shoot full of holes |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
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by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | fly |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To pass quickly and lightly through the air. |
| Synonyms: | dart, float, sail, skim |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | rush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To move swiftly. |
| Synonyms: | bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt, race, rocket, run, sail, scoot, scour, speed, sprint, tear, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom, get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | soar |
| Part of Speech: | phrasal verb |
| Definition: | To rise abruptly and precipitously. |
| Synonyms: | rocket, sky, skyrocket |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | throe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | A violent, excruciating seizure of pain. |
| Synonyms: | cramp, paroxysm, spasm |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
| Main Entry: | throw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | To send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm. |
| Synonyms: | cast, dart, dash, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, pitch, shy, sling, toss |
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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