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target

Definition for target

noun as in aim, goal

Strongest matches

aim, goal, mark, object, objective

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ambition, bull's-eye, end, intention

noun as in object of ridicule or attack

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mark, victim

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sitting duck

verb as in aim an attack at

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aim at, attack, fire at, hit

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home in on, zero in on

verb as in direct a message to

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address, focus on

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pitch to

verb as in select for harm

Weak match

pick on

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Example Sentences

Meanwhile Ukraine's military said it had struck a key oil depot south of Moscow, and targets in the Bryansk and Kursk border regions.

From BBC

Big Pharma has been a frequent target of criticism and sometimes conspiracy theories from Trump and his allies.

Not the R-rated, demographically targeted projects but the big, festive movies that the whole family can enjoy.

“We need to stop the overdraft of compacting aquifers,” Knight and Lees wrote, suggesting that efforts be strategically “targeted to the deeper parts of the aquifer system.”

During that period, fewer people were entering the country due to tight border security, more people were being targeted for deportation, and others weren’t working out of fear, he said.

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

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