shooting

lancinant

Décrit une douleur vive qui apparaît soudainement et semble traverser une partie du corps.

En anglais simple : Describing a sharp pain that suddenly seems to travel through part of your body.

• I felt a shooting pain in my leg.
• Shooting pains kept him awake last night.
• Does the shooting pain reach your shoulder?

Synonymes : darting, stabbing

Expressions courantes : shooting pain, sharp shooting pain

fulgurant

Qui se déplace brusquement et très vite, ou qui grandit très rapidement.

En anglais simple : Moving suddenly and quickly, or growing very fast.

• We saw a shooting star.
• Shooting beams of light swept across the water.
• The painting shows shooting rays spreading from the sun.

Synonymes : darting, racing

Expressions courantes : shooting star, shooting beams, shooting rays

fusillade

Événement où quelqu’un tire avec une arme à feu sur une autre personne.

En anglais simple : An event in which someone fires a gun at another person.

• Two people were injured in the shooting.
• Police arrested a suspect after yesterday’s shooting.
• The town has experienced several shootings this year.

Comment l'utiliser : shooting of someone (Police are investigating the shooting of a shopkeeper.)

Synonymes : gun attack

Expressions courantes : fatal shooting, school shooting, shooting incident

tir, émission

Action de tirer des balles ou de projeter rapidement quelque chose, comme des rayons lumineux.

En anglais simple : The act of firing bullets or sending something out quickly, such as rays of light.

• Target shooting requires a steady hand.
• We heard shooting from the practice range.
• The experiment involved the shooting of light through a tiny hole.

Comment l'utiliser : shooting of something (The device allows the shooting of a narrow beam of light.)

Synonymes : firing

Expressions courantes : target shooting, shooting of rays, shooting practice

élancement

Douleur vive et soudaine qui semble traverser le corps.

En anglais simple : A sudden sharp feeling of pain that seems to travel through your body.

• He felt a shooting in his head.
• A painful shooting ran down her arm.
• The strange shooting in his back soon passed.

Comment l'utiliser : a shooting in something (She felt a shooting in her shoulder.)

Synonymes : twinge, stab

Expressions courantes : shooting in something, painful shooting