noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a shooting pain (= a severe pain that goes from one part of your body to another )
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The shooting pains in her arms and legs slowly began to die away.
a shooting/stabbing incident (= when someone is shot or stabbed )
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Two men died today in a shooting incident.
clay pigeon shooting
shooting gallery
shooting match
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We’re having a big church wedding with bridesmaids, a pageboy – the whole shooting match.
shooting star
shooting stick
skeet shooting
the hunting/shooting/fishing season
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Autumn was traditionally the hunting season.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
pigeon
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So the challenge was extended to include a clay pigeon shooting match at Gorebridge between two teams of four.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a gangland killing/murder/shooting etc
be shooting/firing blanks
drive-by shooting/killing
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A family of illegal aliens is peppered with shotgun pellets in a drive-by shooting.
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A second drive-by shooting March 19 was linked to another gang.
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All we get is this stereotyping of violence that I believe leads to drive-by shootings.
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As far as we know, nobody ever pulled a drive-by shooting from a golf cart.
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G., was killed March 9 in a Los Angeles drive-by shooting.
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One person died in a drive-by shooting and several were injured.
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The last attack was a drive-by shooting about 3 a. m. June 1.
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Your son was killed in a drive-by shooting.
hanging/shooting etc is too good for sb
the whole shooting match
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Why not rerun the whole shooting match in every state that was too close to call?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Ambulances rushed to the scene of the shooting .
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Oswald was seen running away from the building just after the shooting .
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There has been an alarming increase in the number of shootings on our streets.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All hits against the chariot in hand-to-hand or shooting are randomly allocated as shown below.
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And the vets at Stroud hope they won't have to deal with any more victims of senseless shooting .
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If the rabbits are to be shot then the man required to do the shooting must be freed from all other responsibilities.
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In 1994, 17, 190 of the 23, 720 homicides, 72 percent, were pegged to shootings.
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Recent technological developments have enhanced the possibility of fatal shootings.
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Speedy, and with neat control, his shooting was accurate and his use of dead-ball situations intelligent and effective.
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The car had been hit only twice in nearly half a dozen shootings.
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The police officer who saw the shooting is being treated for shock.