Shoot and Wait

Opposite meaning words

Shoot verb - To cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force.

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Wait is an antonym for shoot in dash topic.

Nearby Words: shooting, shooter, shooed

Wait verb - To remain in place in readiness or expectation of something.

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Shoot is an antonym for wait.

Nearby Words: waited, waiting, waiter

old	old shoot	old wait
good	good shoot	good wait
long	long shoot	long wait
typical	typical shoot	typical wait
Other adjectives: short, single, big, huge, easy, few, less, odd, last, lengthy.

fire	shoot fire	wait fire
scene	shoot scene	wait scene
time	shoot time	wait time
way	shoot way	wait way
Other words: money, car, movie, times, guys.

Kill the pilot and you get the bad ending; wait till the hijacker pops out to shoot you and blast him till he goes down to get the good ending.

Source: Shoot the Hostage Taker
They shoot at the tank to make it leak gasoline, wait a couple of seconds for a sizable puddle to form, then they shoot at the ground to cause the spark that would make the minivan explode.

Source: Film / The Jackal
If you do, they wait a fraction of a second and then shoot you (not surprising, since there's a massive bounty on your head, and it probably takes them that long to identify you).

Source: Simultaneous Warning And Action

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