" shooting "

1: as in sharp, stabbing;

•  Synonyms : 

•  biting,

•  cutting,

•  penetrating,

•  piercing,

•  sharp,

•  smarting,

•  stabbing,

•  stinging,

•  tearing,

•  tingling,

•  acute,

•  exquisite,

•  extreme,

•  fierce,

•  intense,

•  vehement,

•  violent,

•  agonizing,

•  excruciating,

•  harrowing,

•  racking,

•  raging,

•  tormenting,

•  torturing,

•  torturous,

•  wrenching

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: as in firing, discharge;

•  Synonyms : 

•  discharge,

•  firing,

•  blast,

•  blowup,

•  burst,

•  bursting,

•  detonation,

•  eruption,

•  explosion,

•  outburst,

•  blowout,

•  flare-up,

•  bang,

•  boom,

•  pop,

•  airburst,

•  groundburst

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: as in stories, scripts;

•  Synonyms : 

•  scenarios,

•  screenplays,

•  scripts,

•  stories,

•  texts

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: as in story, script;

•  Synonyms : 

•  scenario,

•  screenplay,

•  script,

•  story,

•  text

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force;

  * e.g., " ... BB guns shoot small round metal pellets "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blasting,

•  discharging,

•  firing,

•  loosing,

•  squeezing off

•  Antonyms : 

•  crawling,

•  creeping,

•  poking

2: to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force;

  * e.g., " ... soldiers train extensively to learn to shoot accurately and quickly "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blasting,

•  discharging,

•  firing

•  Antonyms : 

•  accepting,

•  receiving

3: to strike with a missile from a gun;

  * e.g., " ... hunters can shoot deer only during the legally specified open season "

•  Synonyms : 

•  drilling,

•  gunning,

•  plugging,

•  popping

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force;

  * e.g., " ... BB guns shoot small round metal pellets "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blast,

•  discharge,

•  fire,

•  loose,

•  squeeze off

•  Antonyms : 

•  crawl,

•  creep,

•  poke

2: to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force;

  * e.g., " ... soldiers train extensively to learn to shoot accurately and quickly "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blast,

•  discharge,

•  fire

•  Antonyms : 

•  accept,

•  receive

3: to strike with a missile from a gun;

  * e.g., " ... hunters can shoot deer only during the legally specified open season "

•  Synonyms : 

•  drill,

•  gun,

•  plug,

•  pop

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to rise abruptly and rapidly;

  * e.g., " ... gas prices shot up seemingly overnight "

•  Synonyms : 

•  rocket,

•  skyrocket,

•  soar,

•  zoom

•  Antonyms : 

•  nose-dive,

•  plummet,

•  plunge,

•  slump,

•  tumble

1: to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter;

  * e.g., " ... nowadays the aging activist is routinely shot down in most quarters of the media and dismissed as an irrelevant crank "

•  Synonyms : 

•  deriding,

•  gibing,

•  jeering,

•  laughing (at),

•  mocking,

•  ridiculing,

•  scouting,

•  skewering

•  Antonyms : 

•  confirming,

•  ratifying

2: to reject by or as if by a vote;

  * e.g., " ... every one of my fund-raising ideas was shot down by the other club members "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blackballing,

•  downing,

•  killing,

•  negativing,

•  nixing,

•  vetoing

•  Antonyms : 

•  confirming,

•  establishing,

•  proving,

•  validating,

•  verifying

3: to prove to be false;

  * e.g., " ... the results of several studies shoot down the hypothesis that coffee causes heart attacks "

•  Synonyms : 

•  belying,

•  confounding,

•  confuting,

•  debunking,

•  disconfirming,

•  discrediting,

•  disproving,

•  falsifying,

•  rebutting,

•  refuting

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to make an effort to do;

  * e.g., " ... Let's shoot at a 6:30 arrival. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  assaying,

•  attempting,

•  endeavoring,

•  essaying,

•  seeking,

•  striving,

•  trying

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to engage in casual or rambling conversation;

  * e.g., " ... The kids were shooting the breeze before the assembly. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  babbling,

•  blabbing,

•  cackling,

•  chaffering,

•  chattering,

•  chatting,

•  chinning,

•  conversing,

•  gabbing,

•  gabbling,

•  gassing,

•  jabbering,

•  jawing,

•  kibitzing,

•  nattering,

•  palavering,

•  pattering,

•  prating,

•  prattling,

•  rapping,

•  rattling,

•  running on,

•  schmoozing,

•  talking,

•  twittering,

•  visiting

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)