n. 25B6; verb
they shot him in the street : GUN DOWN, mow down, hit, wound, injure; put a bullet in, pick off, bag, fell, kill; informal pot, blast, pump full of lead, plug.
they shot at the enemy : FIRE, open fire, aim, snipe, let fly; bombard, shell.
faster than a gun can shoot bullets : DISCHARGE, fire, launch, loose off, let fly, emit.
a car shot past : RACE, speed, flash, dash, dart, rush, hurtle, streak, whizz, go like lightning, go hell for leather, zoom, charge; career, sweep, fly, wing; informal belt, scoot, scorch, tear, zip, whip, step on it, burn rubber; Brit. informal bomb, bucket, shift; N. Amer. informal clip, hightail it, barrel.
the plant failed to shoot : SPROUT, bud, burgeon, germinate.
the film was shot in Tunisia : FILM, photograph, take, snap, capture, record; televise, video.
25B6; noun nip off the new shoots : SPROUT, bud, offshoot, scion, sucker, spear, runner, tendril, sprig.