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Synonyms for shooting
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
the act of firing a projectile
His shooting was slow but accurate.
The true synonym
shot
Same sentence, swapped: His shot was slow but accurate.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for shooting as it is used in the sentence above.
- raise
- jump
- hanging
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