shootings

Crimes involving firearms

Shootings are incidents in which firearms are discharged at people.

The term most often refers to violent attacks, especially mass shootings at schools, workplaces, or public gatherings: Another mass shooting dominated the news cycle.

Police shootings involve officers firing at suspects.

A shooting can also be a film production: The shooting wrapped in three weeks.

violence

massacre

Large-scale unlawful killing

gunman · wounded · fatality · survivors · trauma · lockdown · emergency · ambulance · sirens · grief

sport

marksmanship

Accuracy in shooting

range · precision · skeet · trap · clay · archery · biathlon · competition · score · pistol

hunting

rifle

Long-barreled shoulder weapon

venison · decoy · wildfowl · trophy · poaching · buckshot · cartridge · retriever · gundog · beaters

photography

aperture

Adjustable optical inlet

tripod · composition · ISO · flash · zoom · mirrorless · lighting · bokeh · viewfinder · burst

film

location

Position in space

camera · crew · set · director · schedule · production · wraparound · principal · pickup · reshoot

Categories
Opposites
method of violence

shootingsstabbings

Attacks with blades

beatings · poisonings · strangulations · bombings · bludgeonings

violence versus peace

shootingspeace

Freedom from disturbance

nonviolence · ceasefires · tranquility · safety · harmony

attack versus protection

shootingsrescues

Frees from danger

life-saving · protection · defense · interventions · medical aid

Phrases
Family

shooting, shooting star

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13