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shoot off

verb as in detonate

verb as in discharge

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The 26-year-old was tied with Chile's Francisca Crovetto Chadid after three rounds of the four-round shoot-off, but she was called to have missed a shot which slow-motion replays appeared to show she hit.

From BBC

Rutter and Crovetto Chadid finished level on 55 shots from 60 targets in the final, resulting in a shoot-off to crown the new Olympic champion.

From BBC

They went to a shoot-off and were still tied after three rounds but, in a moment of contention, Rutter was called to have missed a shot which slow motion replays appeared to show she hit.

From BBC

A similar occurrence happened when the FBI officials notified Hunter Biden’s Secret Service detail ahead of an effort to interview him and several of his business associates in order to avoid a potential shoot-off between two law enforcement bodies.

However, the Cavs came out of the relay portion tied with Team Antetokounmpo for second place and needed Garland to win a shoot-off with Thanasis to place Cleveland in the final.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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