Drill and Pistol

Drill

Drill verb - To strike with a missile from a gun.

Usage example: drilled the target from 100 yards away

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Pistol and drill are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pistol" instead a verb "Drill".

Nearby Words: drilling, drilled, driller

Pistol noun - A very energetic person.

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Drill and pistol are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drill" instead a verb "Pistol".

Nearby Word: Pistole

old	old drill	old pistol
normal	normal drill	normal pistol
common	common drill	common pistol
complete	complete drill	complete pistol
Other adjectives: single, simple, powerful, actual, real, trusty, massive, large, big, huge, little, new, double, literal, giant, modern, powered.

Within the ''same scene', there's a character using a pistol versus a character using a crossbow, and Jack Knife's weapon of choice (a steampunk knife-drill-gun hybrid) is a category all of its own.

Source: Film / The Man with the Iron Fists
The so-called Mozambique Drill (two shots to the chest, one to the head) was actually developed by accident by Rhodesian mercenary Mike Rousseau during the War of Independence in Mozambique when two pistol shots to the torso failed to bring down an enemy guerrilla.

Source: Multiple Gunshot Death
When Imperial gold is set to travel through the village, the normal violence reaches new levels, various powerful figures including good and evil brothers, a devious madam (Lucy Liu), and a mysterious Englishman (Russell Crowe) with a pistol/knife/drill combo in his holster arrive in Jungle Village.

Source: Film / The Man with the Iron Fists

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