drive by
Pass without stopping
A drive-by is a shooting from a moving vehicle, typically targeting someone on the street or in a building: Three people were wounded in the drive-by.
The term extends to any quick, superficial action done in passing—a drive-by insult, a drive-by comment.
As an adjective, it describes something done hastily without full engagement: drive-by journalism, drive-by diagnosis.
- stickupArmed robbery
- gunplayArmed combat with firearms
- spray and prayUncontrolled automatic fire
- crossfireGunfire from several angles
- shootoutArmed confrontation or tiebreaker
incident · shooting · getaway · gang · gang violence · turf war · hit-and-run · criminal · cruise · violence · gunfight · fleeting · momentary · transient · superficial · firefight · reconnaissance · surveillance
drive byfull stop
Terminal punctuation mark
pull over · stop · park · come to a halt · visit
drive byface-to-face
Direct personal encounter
point-blank · close-range · confrontational · walk-up · home invasion
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