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shooting out

ADJECTIVE
prominent
Synonyms
STRONGEST
outstanding
WEAK
arresting beetling bulging easily seen embossed extended extrusive eye-catching flashy hanging out hilly in the foreground jutting marked noticeable obtrusive obvious projecting pronounced protruding protrusive protuberant raised relieved remarkable rough rugged salient signal standing out striking to the fore unmistakable
Antonyms
WEAK
depressed inconspicuous invisible obscure obscured ordinary sunken

Example Sentences

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The team used technology called LIDAR, which measures pollution in the atmosphere by shooting out lots of laser pulses and seeing which bounce back off something.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

Camera lenses on the creatures’ chests took photos of their surroundings, which were then churned through an artificial-intelligence filter before eventually shooting out from printers embedded in their hindquarters onto the fair floor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

The opening of the trailer shows a dramatized close-up shot of a Pop-Tart shooting out of a toaster in a style similar to a spacecraft blasting off.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2024

The hub of a bicycle wheel, with spokes shooting out from the center, keeps the wheel from collapsing when the bicycle is ridden.

From Science Daily • Dec. 8, 2023

He waited until the flames were shooting out of the window, then he began shouting.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke