Pick
Pick noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
Usage example: in the days when corporal punishment was permissible, it was not uncommon for an inattentive student to get a sharp pick in the head with a blackboard pointer
Stinger and pick are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stinger" instead a noun "Pick".
Stinger
Stinger noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
Usage example: in the eighth round he delivered a stinger that knocked his opponent flat
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In addition to launching smaller bees (which explode!), she can also shoot fire from her stinger, and she will sometimes fly offscreen to pick up, then drop on you, a rather large bomb which explodes with Anime Light Beams coming out of it.
Source: Bee Bee Gun -
Suicide Squad shows him in cameos, putting some bad guys behind bars for Amanda Waller to pick up for her Task Force X project and furthering his quest to gather the Justice League in The Stinger.
Source: Franchise / Batman -
The Stinger: Appleseed Alpha has a post-credits scene where it's revealed Iris was a bioroid clone based off of Hitomi, and she doesn't plan to send any forces from Olympus to pick up Deunan & Briareos - at least, not yet.
Source: Manga / Appleseed
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