shoot
/ʃuːt/ verb (past tense and past participle shot)Definition
INJURE [T] › to injure or kill a person or animal by firing a bullet from a gun at them: [often passive] He was robbed and then shot in the stomach. An innocent bystander was shot dead in the incident.
FIRE BULLET [I, T] › to fire a bullet from a gun: Don't shoot!
SPORT [I] › to try to score points in sports such as football by hitting, kicking, or throwing the ball towards the goal
shoot across/out/up, etc › to move somewhere very quickly: She shot across the road without looking.
FILM [T] › to use a camera to record a film or take a photograph: [often passive] Most of the film was shot in Italy.
(Definition of shoot verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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