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throw lead

VERB

shoot

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blast execute explode fire hit hurl kill launch murder open fire

STRONG

bag barrage bombard catapult dispatch emit expel fling gun ignite loose plug pop project propel pump torpedo trigger zap

WEAK

bring down drop the hammer let fly let go with open up pick off pull the trigger set off

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bear create fail

STRONG

conceal hold keep withhold

WEAK

backfire walk

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Johnson came out standing southpaw, seemingly to throw lead punches with his power hand at Cormier’s mangled nose.

From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2017

“I want to be fairly sure when I throw lead; I don’t believe in giving any animal unnecessary pain.”

From Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail The Mountain Boys in the Canada Wilds by Boone, Silas K.

Keep a good ready, but don't throw lead if you can help it.

From The Red Mustang by Stoddard, William O.

I fling a palm into the sea; 'twill sink: Others throw lead, and it is lightly borne.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series by Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes

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