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      [Noun]  | "active shooter" 


      1: a person who is illegally using a firearm to kill or try to kill people especially in a public place : a person who is shooting at people


      Origin: 1999 ;

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       [ "Active Shooter" ]

      1: One or more subjects who participate in a shooting spree, demonstrating their intent to continuously harm others.  Their overriding objective appears to be mass murder, rather than other criminal conduct, such as robbery, hostage taking, etc.

        * e.g.,  ... The first officers on scene engaged the ACTIVE SHOOTER in the main hallway of the school. 

       [ "Active Shooter" ]

      1: An active shooter is someone who gets a lot of consecutive hoops in basketball.

        * e.g.,  ... “Tyler is an active shooter today” 

       [ "Active shooter" ]

      1: A shooter who is not passive by nature.

        * e.g.,  ... The active shooter was always active in the community, always motivated, always doing fun things like skydiving or rock climbing. Perhaps the active shooter just got bored due to lack of activity. The active shooter was never passive or hesitant at any time. 

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