Modus
Shot
Shot noun - A directed propelling of a missile by a firearm or artillery piece.
Both words in one sentence
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Temporary Blindness: A one-shot Professional Killer, the Chameleon, had a modus operandi of rendering witnesses unable to identify him by permanently blinding them instead of killing them.
Source: Series / The Invisible Man -
One-shot Bugs Bunny villain "Babyface" Finster is a criminal whose modus operandi is passing himself off as an infant.
Source: Depraved Dwarf
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