fire blindly
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to shoot a weapon without aiming
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Examples (10)
- Cornered in the alley, the suspect began to fire blindly at the police.
- Soldiers are trained never to fire blindly, as it wastes ammunition and endangers civilians.
- He was firing blindly into the darkness, hoping to scare away the intruders.
- From behind the barricade, the rebels would fire blindly down the street at approaching troops.
- If you just fire blindly with a machine gun, you'll run out of bullets in seconds.
- "Don't fire blindly!" the sergeant yelled. "Take a moment to aim!"
- The panicked guard had fired blindly into the air when the alarm went off.
- In the video game, it's a poor strategy to simply fire blindly into a smoke-filled room.
- Trapped and unable to see, the lone survivor could only fire blindly toward the sound of his attackers.
- To fire blindly is a last resort for someone who is out of options.