shoot out

Something comes out or moves out very quickly.

• Water shot out of the pipe.
• A cat shot out from under the bed.
• Sparks shoot out whenever the machine starts.

How to use it: shoot out of something (Water shot out of the broken pipe.)

Similar words: burst out, rush out

Common phrases: shoot out suddenly, shoot out of something

You destroy or knock something from its place by firing a gun at it.

• Someone shot out the window.
• The gunman shot out both front tyres.
• A stray bullet nearly shot her eye out.

How to use it: shoot out something (Someone shot out the streetlight.); shoot something out (A bullet shot his tooth out.)

Common phrases: shoot out a light, shoot something out, shoot out the window

You send a bullet or another object out of a weapon by firing it.

• The gun shot out a bullet.
• The cannon shot out three rounds in quick succession.
• This toy weapon shoots out soft foam darts.

How to use it: shoot out something (The cannon shot out a heavy iron ball.)

Similar words: fire, discharge

Common phrases: shoot out bullets, shoot out a round

You kill all the wild animals in an area by shooting them.

• Hunters shot out the valley.
• They had shot out the local deer population.
• By winter, the nearby woods were completely shot out.

How to use it: shoot out something (The hunters had shot out the whole valley.)

Common phrases: shoot out an area, shoot out the wildlife