Aims
Both words in one sentence
- Men at Arms features "The Gonne", a firearm that takes control of the mind of its bearer to the point that it aims and fires itself even though the marksman tries to resist it.
Source: Weapon Wields You -
In the Star Wars Expanded Universe, at one point a prototype Death Star aims at the planet Kessel, misses, and blows up its moon instead.
Source: Detonation Moon -
Subverted in the Sin City story, "A Dame to Kill For," where Ava appears to have Dwight McCarthy at point blank range and instead aims upward and shoots Manute in the face.
Source: Stab the Scorpion
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