THESAURUS
Shoot
Photostat, X-ray, Xerox, ache, acute pain, agonize, ail, aim at, altitude peak, anguish, annihilate, assassinate, automatic control, backfire, barf, barrage, be bright, beacon, beam, beat, bedazzle, behead, bine, bite, blanch, blast, blast off, blast-off, blaze, blench, blind, blitz, blow out, blow to pieces, blow up, boil, bolt, bombard, boring pain, bough, bound, bowstring, brain, branch, branchedness, branchiness, bring down, buck, bud, burgeon, burn, burn to death, burnout, burst, burst forth, bust, calotype, campaign, cannon, cannonade, capture on film, career, cascade, cashier, cast, catch a crab, ceiling, charge, charley horse, chase, chimney, chuck, chute, circuit, cock, commence firing, country rock, course, cramp, cramps, crick, crucify, cut a crab, cut down, cut to pieces, dart, darting pain, dash, daze, dazzle, deadwood, deal a deathblow, decapitate, decimate, decollate, defenestrate, demolish, deposit, descent, detonate, develop, diffuse light, dike, discharge, disgorge, disintegrate, disprove, ditch, dog, drift, drive, drop, eaves trough, eject, electrocute, end of burning, enfilade, excursion, execute, expedition, expel, explode, falcon, feather, feather an oar, feel pain, feel the pangs, fell, filiation, filling, film, fire, fire a volley, fire at, fire off, fire upon, flagellum, flame, flare, flash, flight, fling, float, flourish, flush, fly, follow the hounds, foot, fork, fowl, frag, frond, fulgurant pain, fulgurate, fulminate, fusillade, gallop, gangue, garrote, gemmate, germinate, ghost, girdle pain, give light, give the quietus, give way, glance, glare, gleam, glide, glint, glow, gnawing, go hunting, go off, grand tour, grimace, griping, grow, grow rank, guide, guillotine, gun, gun down, gun for, gutter, hand, harm, haste, hasten, have a misery, hawk, heave, hie, highball, hit, hitch, hotfoot, hound, hump, hump it, hunt, hunt down, hurl, hurry, hurt, hurtle, ignition, immunize, impact, incandesce, incinerate, inflict capital punishment, injure, inoculate, jack, jacklight, jaunt, jettison, journey, jugulate, jumping pain, junk, junket, kill, kink, knock off, lancinating pain, lapidate, lash, launch, lay low, leaf, leaf out, leap, leave, let fly, let off, lift-off, limb, load, lode, lodestuff, loose, luster, luxuriate, mainline, make haste, matrix, microfilm, mineral deposit, mortar, mug, mushroom, nip, offset, offshoot, open fire, open up on, ore bed, outing, overgrow, overrun, pace, package tour, paddle, pan, pang, paroxysm, pay dirt, pelt, penstock, pentrough, pepper, peregrination, photo, photograph, photomap, pick, pick off, pilgrimage, pinch, pistol, pleasure trip, plow the deep, plug, ply the oar, poleax, poop, pop at, post, pot, potshoot, potshot, pound, prick, prime, progress, project, propel, prowl after, pull, pullulate, puncture, punt, put forth, put forth leaves, put out buds, put to death, race, radiate, radiograph, rake, ramage, ramification, rapid, rapids, ray, raze, reach, reject, riddle, ride, ride the sea, ride to hounds, riff, riffle, riot, ripple, rocket launching, roentgenograph, root, round trip, row, row away, row dry, rubberneck tour, ruin, run, runner, rush, safari, sail, sally, sapling, sarment, sault, scamper, scion, scoot, scour, scramble, scrap, scud, scull, scurry, scuttle, seedling, seizure, send out rays, set, set off, shaft, sharp pain, shatter, shell, shikar, shine, shine brightly, ship oars, shoot at, shoot down, shoot out rays, shoot up, shooting, shooting pain, short-term, shot, shotgun, shrink, silence, skedaddle, skim, sky an oar, slay, slip, smart, snap, snapshoot, snapshot, snipe, snipe at, snuff out, spasm, spear, speed, spew, sport, spray, sprig, spring, spring up, sprit, sprout, sprout up, spurt, stab, stab to death, stabbing pain, stalk, start, stem, step on it, still-hunt, stitch, stock, stolon, stone, stone to death, strafe, strangle, streak, strike, strike dead, strike root, sucker, suffer, switch, take a photograph, take a potshot, take aim at, take root, talbotype, tear, tendril, thallus, thrill, throb, throes, throw, throw away, throw out, throw up, tingle, tormen, torpedo, toss, touch off, tour, track, trail, trajectory, trek, trigger, trip, trough, turn, tweak, twig, twinge, twitch, upchuck, upspear, upsprout, vaccinate, vaporize, vegetate, vein, velocity peak, voyage, walk the waters, warp, weft, whisk, whiz, wince, woof, wound, wrack, wreck, wrench, writhe, zap, zero in on, zip
ROGET THESAURUS
Shoot
Posterity
N
posterity, progeny, breed, issue, offspring, brood, litter, seed, farrow, spawn, spat, family, grandchildren, heirs, great-grandchild, child, son, daughter, butcha, bantling, scion, acrospire, plumule, shoot, sprout, olive-branch, sprit, branch, off-shoot, off- set, ramification, descendant, heir, heiress, heir-apparent, heir- presumptive, chip off the old block, heredity, rising generation, straight descent, sonship, line, lineage, filiation, primogeniture, filial, diphyletic, the child is father of the man, the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, like father, like son.
Punishment
VB
punish, chastise, chasten, castigate, correct, inflict punishment, administer correction, deal retributive justice, cowhide, lambaste, visit upon, pay, pay out, serve out, do for, make short work of, give a lesson to, serve one right, make an example of, have a rod in pickle for, give it one, strike, deal a blow to, administer the lash, smite, slap, slap the face, smack, cuff, box the ears, spank, thwack, thump, beat, lay on, swinge, buffet, thresh, thrash, pummel, drub, leather, trounce, sandbag, baste, belabor, lace, lace one's jacket, dress, dress down, give a dressing, trim, warm, wipe, tund, cob, bang, strap, comb, lash, lick, larrup, wallop, whop, flog, scourge, whip, birch, cane, give the stick, switch, flagellate, horsewhip, bastinado, towel, rub down with an oaken towel, rib roast, dust one's jacket, fustigate, pitch into, lay about one, beat black and blue, beat to a mummy, beat to a jelly, give a black eye, tar and feather, pelt, stone, lapidate, masthead, keelhaul, execute, bring to the block, bring to the gallows, behead, decapitate, guillotine, decollate, hang, turn off, gibbet, bowstring, hang draw and quarter, shoot, decimate, burn, break on the wheel, crucify, empale, impale, flay, lynch, electrocute, gas, send to the gas chamber, torture, put on, put to the rack, picket, banish, exile, transport, expel, ostracize, rusticate, drum out, dismiss, disbar, disbench, strike off the roll, unfrock, post, suffer, suffer for, suffer punishment, be flogged, be executed, suffer the ultimate penalty, be hanged, come to the gallows, mount the gallows, swing, twist in the wind, dance upon nothing, die in one's shoes, be rightly served, be electrocuted, fry, ride the lightning, face the firing squad.
Expansion
VB
become larger &c (large), expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate, swell, gather, fill out, deploy, take open order, dilate, stretch, distend, spread, mantle, wax, grow up, spring up, bud, bourgeon, shoot, sprout, germinate, put forth, vegetate, pullulate, open, burst forth, gain flesh, gather flesh, outgrow, spread like wildfire, overrun, be larger than, surpass, render larger &c (large), expand, spread, extend, aggrandize, distend, develop, amplify, spread out, widen, magnify, rarefy, inflate, puff, blow up, stuff, pad, cram, exaggerate, fatten.
Propulsion
VB
propel, project, throw, fling, cast, pitch, chuck, toss, jerk, heave, shy, hurl, flirt, fillip, dart, lance, tilt, ejaculate, jaculate, fulminate, bolt, drive, sling, pitchfork, send, send off, let off, fire off, discharge, shoot, launch, release, send forth, let fly, put in orbit, send into orbit, launch into orbit dash, put in motion, set in motion, set agoing, start, give a start, give an impulse to, impel, trundle, expel, carry one off one's legs, put to flight.
Killing
VB
kill, put to death, slay, shed blood, murder, assassinate, butcher, slaughter, victimize, immolate, massacre, take away life, deprive of life, make away with, put an end to, despatch, dispatch, burke, settle, do for, strangle, garrote, hang, throttle, choke, stifle, suffocate, stop the breath, smother, asphyxiate, drown, saber, cut down, cut to pieces, cut the throat, jugulate, stab, run through the body, bayonet, eviscerate, put to the sword, put to the edge of the sword, shoot dead, blow one's brains out, brain, knock on the head, stone, lapidate, give a deathblow, deal a deathblow, give a quietus, give a coupe de grace, behead, bowstring, electrocute, gas, hunt, shoot, cut off, nip in the bud, launch into eternity, send to one's last account, sign one's death warrant, strike the death knell of, give no quarter, pour out blood like water, decimate, run amuck, wade knee deep in blood, imbrue one's hands in blood, die a violent death, welter in one's blood, dash out one's brains, blow out one's brains, commit suicide, kill oneself, make away with oneself, put an end to oneself, put an end to it all.
Physical Pain
N
physical pain, pain, suffering, sufferance, suffrance, bodily pain, physical pain, bodily suffering, physical suffering, body pain, mental suffering, dolour, ache, aching, smart, shoot, shooting, twinge, twitch, gripe, headache, stomach ache, heartburn, angina, angina pectoris, hurt, cut, sore, soreness, discomfort, malaise, cephalalgia, earache, gout, ischiagra, lumbago, neuralgia, odontalgia, otalgia, podagra, rheumatism, sciatica, tic douloureux, toothache, tormina, torticollis, spasm, cramp, nightmare, ephialtes, crick, stitch, thrill, convulsion, throe, throb, pang, colic, kink, sharp pain, piercing pain, throbbing pain, shooting pain, sting, gnawing pain, burning pain, excruciating pain, anguish, agony, torment, torture, rack, cruciation, crucifixion, martyrdom, toad under a harrow, vivisection, in pain, in a state of pain, pained, gouty, podagric, torminous, painful, aching, sore, raw, Special Sensation (1) Touch.
VB
feel pain, experience pain, suffer pain, undergo pain, suffer, ache, smart, bleed, tingle, shoot, twinge, twitch, lancinate, writhe, wince, make a wry face, sit on thorns, sit on pins and needles, give pain, inflict pain, lacerate, pain, hurt, chafe, sting, bite, gnaw, gripe, pinch, tweak, grate, gall, fret, prick, pierce, wring, convulse, torment, torture, rack, agonize, crucify, cruciate, excruciate, break on the wheel, put to the rack, flog, grate on the ear.