shooting

1. (countable)An instance of shooting with a gun or other weapon

   Police are hunting the people who carried out the shootings last week.

   Schießen, Schießerei

   стрельба́strelʹbá, пальба́palʹbá, перестре́лкаperestrélka

   стрільба́strilʹbá, стріляни́наstriljanýna

2. (uncountable)The sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon

   I take part in shooting at the local archery club.

   стрельба́strelʹbá

3. (countable, uncountable)A district in which people have the right to kill game with firearms

4. (countable, uncountable)The act of one who, or that which, shoots

   the shooting of rays of light

   the act of firing a projectile

5. (countable, uncountable)A sensation of darting pain

   a shooting in one's head

6. (countable, uncountable)Filming

1. The police was investigating a series of shootings.

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2. Why are 98% of mass shootings committed by men?

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3. Tom's fear of school shootings caused him to homeschool his children.

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4. Mass shootings require a high amount of executive function to plan and execute.

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5. Mentally ill people lack the executive function to plan and carry out mass shootings.

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