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firing

adjective as in combustible

noun as in arson

Strongest match

Strong matches

noun as in discharge

noun as in fling

noun as in pottery

Weak matches

noun as in shooting

Strongest match

noun as in volley

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In the northern Kijitonyama area of Dar es Salaam, two men in uniform were filmed taking aim and firing along a main road in the direction of protests.

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The firings then sparked their own protest in a rally outside Condé Nast headquarters in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday.

He believes Mendoza went into the bedroom first and Tatum followed "firing across the head of the bed".

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When fully fit and firing, Tuilagi was so difficult to stop - and I don't think Lawrence has that capability to the same extent.

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In October, a US guided missile destroyer docked at Trinidad for four days for another round of practice drills -- within firing range of Venezuela, whose government called it a "provocation."

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

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