Pinpoint and Sight

Pinpoint

Pinpoint verb - To point or turn (something) toward a target or goal.

Usage example: publishers like to be able to pinpoint publicity efforts where they will have the most effect

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Sight and pinpoint are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sight" instead a verb "Pinpoint".

Nearby Words: pinpointed, pinpointing

Sight verb - To make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes.

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Pinpoint and sight are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pinpoint" instead a verb "Sight".

Nearby Words: sigh, sighted, sightly, sighting, sightless

Red Hood apparently fitted a laser sight solely in order to provide that moment, since he blatantly waits for Black Mask to notice the red dot before he fires, and the weapon the sight is attached to turns out to be a rocket launcher, which hardly requires pinpoint precision.

Source: Western Animation / Batman: Under the Red Hood
Improbable Aiming Skills: When using at least Level 2 Force Sight, even the infamous Imperial blaster is somehow able to be fired with pinpoint accuracy.

Source: Video Game / Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy aka: Jedi Academy
Strangely, in a later scene, the player needs to fire a sniper rifle at explosives to destroy the Shagohad, and when that fails he switches to an RPG, all of this with his standard pinpoint accuracy - which normally would be fine, except the sight is on the right side and cannot be moved.

Source: Eyepatch of Power

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