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1 | 99% | 4 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 31% | 7 | Shot in a bid to kill someone | |
3 | 29% | 8 | Name derived from the Tupi language meaning 'kill, kill' | |
Attempt To Kill Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "SHOT" which means:
- noun
- • The act of firing a projectile
- • A solid missile discharged from a firearm
- • (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
- • A chance to do something
- • A person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)
- • A consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
- • The act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
- • A small drink of liquor
- • An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- • An estimate based on little or no information
- • An informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
- • Sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put
- • An explosive charge used in blasting
- • A blow hard enough to cause injury
- • An attempt to score in a game
- • Informal words for any attempt or effort
- • The launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination
- • Throwing the basketball toward the hoop adjective satellite
- • Varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles verb
- • To launch a projectile.
- • To move or act quickly or suddenly.
- • To act or achieve.
- • To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
- • To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
- • To develop, move forward.
- • To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
- • To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- • To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.w
- • To shoot the moon.
- • To load (a gun) with shot. adjective
- • Worn out or broken.
- • (of material, especially silk) woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an iridescent appearance.
- • Tired, weary.
- • Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.
- • Scarred silly or crazy of something or someone usually due to a traumatic experience with said fear. interjection
- • Thank you.
An example sentence would be:
- • "He took a shot at the target and missed."
- • "She received a flu shot at the clinic."
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