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fire at

verb as in lay into

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Authorities say Westman opened fire at Annunciation Catholic School, killing two children and injuring 17 others before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

From Salon

He called for national financial support from Peter Lee, director of fire at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

From BBC

Police arrested a man suspected of opening fire at Santa Monica Place mall.

Before European settlers arrived in the American West and started suppressing fire at every turn, forests and grasslands burned on a regular basis.

The crosswalk was part of a larger memorial to the 49 people who were killed after a gunman opened fire at the gay nightclub in June 2016, in what was then the largest mass shooting in US history.

From BBC

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

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