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shoot

shoot - verb

To wound or kill with a firearm: gun(down), pick off. Slang plug. See help.
To launch with great force: fire, hurtle, loose, project, propel. See move.
To discharge a gun or firearm: fire. See action.
To move swiftly: bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour, speed, sprint, tear, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom. Informal hotfoot, rip. Slang barrel, highball. Chiefly British nip. See move.
To pass quickly and lightly through the air: dart, float, fly, sail, skim. See move.
To send through the air with a motion of the hand or arm: cast, dart, dash, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, launch, pitch, shy, sling, throw, toss. Informal fire. See move.

To cause to be no longer believed or valued: debunk, deflate, discredit, explode, puncture. See value.

To rise abruptly and precipitously: rocket, sky, skyrocket, soar. See increase.

A young stemlike growth arising from a plant: bine, offshoot, runner, sprig, sprout, tendril. See kin.
A violent, excruciating seizure of pain: cramp, paroxysm, spasm, throe. See pain.