SHOOTINGS Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

shootings

noun

plural of shooting

as in firings

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Dissimilar Words

implosions

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Recent Examples of shootings Such shootings have ranged from isolated events between service members to mass casualty events, such as the shooting by an Army psychiatrist at Texas' Ford Hood in 2009 that left 13 people dead. — CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026 String of other shootings in Mississippi The update on Friday night's shooting came amid a string of shootings throughout the state this weekend. — Alexandra Faul, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025 Still, to quickly group all those shootings together is to obscure how this particular shooting has affected this particular church with its particular past. — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025 The same user told Holly to get a patch with a Nazi-era symbol that suspects wore in the 2019 Christchurch, New Zealand, mosque shootings and the 2022 Buffalo, New York, supermarket shooting, according to the ADL. — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shootings

Noun

The Justice Department did not respond to questions about the firings.

— Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica, 6 July 2026
Such blindsiding firings aren't limited to struggling employees; experienced professionals and executives are also abruptly dismissed due to shifting business priorities, restructuring, or leadership changes.

— Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026

Definition of firings

Noun

Slow and steady The most successful transformations look less like detonations and more like construction projects—unglamorous, incremental, and mapped out well in advance.

— Claire Zillman, Fortune, 12 June 2026
Meanwhile, sailors aboard USS Barb reported hearing distant explosions and depth-charge detonations during the same period, believing they may have been associated with an attack on Herring.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026

Definition of detonations

Noun

Iranian state media reported explosions in several locations, including Bushehr, home to Iran’s nuclear power plant complex, and southern port cities.

— Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
There have been several explosions in an Iranian coastal province Thursday, following a fresh round of US strikes overnight, according to the semi-official Iranian news agency Mehr.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 9 July 2026

Definition of explosions

Noun

These intestinal eruptions usually last about a week, but can go on for two or more weeks, the CDC says, with dehydration being one of the most significant concerns.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026
The area remains geologically active, so the landscape is ever-changing and tectonic forces are expected to produce future eruptions.

— Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026