Aim
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Both words in one sentence
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She can lay them down to incapacitate enemies whilst she takes aim.
Source: Bear Trap -
The laser is also useful for telling where other people on your side are aiming while using night-vision, allowing multiple shooters to aim at the same target and lay down bullets without anyone needing to give complicated instructions as to where to shoot.
Source: Laser Sight - Just getting dropped to 0HP isn't instant death — you have a short time where you lay prone, unable to aim down the sights and with the screen getting darker, but if you can score a kill while in this state you receive a "second wind" and get back up with about 40% HP.
Source: Death Is a Slap on the Wrist
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Lay and Aim. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/aim/lay
Aim & Lay. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/aim/lay>.
Lay or Aim. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/aim/lay.
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