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.
Large-scale unlawful killing
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
- victimsThose who suffer harm
- gunmanArmed violent person
wounded · fatality · survivors · trauma · lockdown · emergency · ambulance · sirens
Long-barreled shoulder weapon
- quarryPit for extracting rock
- stalkingStealthy, persistent pursuit
- gamekeeperEstate wildlife manager
- venisonFlesh of cervids
decoy · wildfowl · trophy · poaching · buckshot · cartridge · retriever · gundog
Adjustable optical inlet
- shutterHinged window covering
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- exposureState of being unprotected
- tripodStabilizing support structure
composition · ISO · flash · zoom · mirrorless · lighting · bokeh · viewfinder
Position in space
- sceneDramatic unit or locale
- takeCapture or filmed segment
- cinematographerPerson capturing screen visuals
- cameraImage capturing device
crew · set · director · schedule · production · wraparound · principal · pickup
massacre
Large-scale unlawful killing
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
- victimsThose who suffer harm
gunman · wounded · fatality · survivors · trauma · lockdown · emergency · ambulance · sirens · grief
marksmanship
Accuracy in shooting
range · precision · skeet · trap · clay · archery · biathlon · competition · score · pistol
rifle
Long-barreled shoulder weapon
- quarryPit for extracting rock
- stalkingStealthy, persistent pursuit
- gamekeeperEstate wildlife manager
venison · decoy · wildfowl · trophy · poaching · buckshot · cartridge · retriever · gundog · beaters
aperture
Adjustable optical inlet
tripod · composition · ISO · flash · zoom · mirrorless · lighting · bokeh · viewfinder · burst
location
Position in space
- sceneDramatic unit or locale
- takeCapture or filmed segment
- cinematographerPerson capturing screen visuals
camera · crew · set · director · schedule · production · wraparound · principal · pickup · reshoot
- crimesarson, burglary, robbery, kidnapping, vandalism
- homicidehomicide, murder rate, murder rates, homicide rate, homicide rates
- catastrophesdisasters, disaster, natural disasters, catastrophe, apocalypse
- repressionsecret police, mass arrests, torture, disappearances, detention camps
- Urban Problemsurban blight, blight, abandoned buildings, vacant lots, crime rates
- war casualtiescasualties, war casualties, war dead, killed in action, fallen soldiers
shootingsstabbings
Attacks with blades
beatings · poisonings · strangulations · bombings · bludgeonings
shootingspeace
Freedom from disturbance
nonviolence · ceasefires · tranquility · safety · harmony
shootingsrescues
Frees from danger
life-saving · protection · defense · interventions · medical aid
- shooting starBurning debris in atmosphere
- shooting downEliminating or rejecting forcefully
- shooting rangeVenue for target practice
- shooting painSudden piercing bodily distress
- shooting upRising or injecting rapidly
- shooting the messengerPunishing bearer of unwelcome news