Flush
Shoot up
Shoot up verb - To rise abruptly and rapidly.
Both terms in one sentence
- Frickin' Laser Beams: Not in the novels, but in the TV series after the boys destroy the tripod with a grenade, red-painted military tripods are sent out to find them, and shoot up the countryside in an effort to flush them out.
Source: Literature / The Tripods
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