shot out

shot out is the simple past and past participle of shoot out.

Adjective

shot out (not comparable)

Of an area, having had all game eradicated from hunting.
Of a species or population, completely extirpated from an area due to overshooting by hunters.
- [S]tates may be under pressure to stock cock birds because locally they have been "shot out."1956, Durward Leon Allen, Pheasants in North America, Stackpole Company, page 456

shoot out (third-person singular simple present shoots out, present participle shooting out, simple past and past participle shot out)

To destroy something or remove something from its usual location by shooting.
- You'll shoot your eye out!
To completely extirpate (wildlife) from an area by shooting.
- At the time of European settlement I could have got them on the outskirts of Melbourne but these slow-moving creatures apparently taste delicious and were quickly shot out.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 174
To emerge with great speed.
To fire from a weapon.

What does shot out mean?: Shot out means of an area, having had all game eradicated from hunting.
What is shot out the simple past and past participle of?: Shot out is the simple past and past participle of shoot out.
What part of speech is shot out?: Shot out is an adjective.

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