intended target

Frequency: 8.021.0 per million words

the person, place, or thing that an attack or action is aimed at

intendedintended + NOUN

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target

Examples (10)

  • The missile missed its intended target by several miles.
  • The activist group became the intended target of the government's new policies.
  • His scathing remarks found their intended target in the company's CEO.
  • The advertisement aimed at a specific demographic, and it hit its intended target.
  • Despite the heavy security, the assassin almost hit his intended target.
  • The new software update was designed with a specific intended target in mind.
  • The company's new product launch failed to attract its intended target.
  • Intelligence agencies identified the dictator as the intended target of the coup.
  • The sniper adjusted his scope, locking onto his intended target.
  • The reform bill had several unintended consequences, completely missing its intended target.