Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for "shooting"
  • present participle of shoot.
Search instead for fotoshooting.

shooting

NOUN
firing a weapon
Synonyms




Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

TikTok doesn’t allow depictions of real-world graphic incidents and violence including “the moment of someone’s death or the shooting of an individual” and of dead bodies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Dylan Evans, a 21-year-old sports photographer, had only been shooting for a few weeks when he noticed that people were using AI to remove his watermark from photos.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

I was in Morocco shooting “Black Hawk Down,” and I had to come back to do press for “Pearl Harbor.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The police department said it wasn’t involved in the incident and wasn’t at the scene at the time of the shooting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

“Be quiet,” I hiss back, fire practically shooting out of my eyes.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember new words for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com