fire randomly

Frequency: 5.55.9 per million words

In a military or conflict context, to shoot a weapon without aiming at a specific target.

randomlyVERB + ADVERB

Categories:

fire

Examples (10)

  • The soldiers were ordered to fire randomly into the treeline.
  • During the chaos, panicked civilians began to fire randomly in all directions.
  • The security forces were accused of firing randomly into the crowd.
  • If you fire randomly, you're more likely to hit unintended targets.
  • The machine gunner had to fire randomly to suppress the enemy advance.
  • In the game, players can fire randomly or aim for precision shots.
  • He didn't have a clear shot, so he decided to fire randomly in hopes of hitting something.
  • The report stated that the insurgents would fire randomly at the checkpoint.
  • A stray bullet caused by someone firing randomly injured a bystander.
  • It's a dangerous tactic to fire randomly without knowing your target.