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shotfiring

shotfiring noun: the work of preparing, positioning and detonating explosives to demolish buildings and structures, or dislodge rocks and soil.

Noun

shotfiring (uncountable)

  1. The work of preparing, positioning and detonating explosives to demolish buildings and structures, or dislodge rocks and soil.

Origin of shotfiring

From shot + firing.

Questions about shotfiring

What does shotfiring mean?
Shotfiring means the work of preparing, positioning and detonating explosives to demolish buildings and structures, or dislodge rocks and soil.
What part of speech is shotfiring?
Shotfiring is a noun.

Words near shotfiring in the dictionary

  1. shoter
  2. shoterim
  3. shotes
  4. shotfirer
  5. shotfirers
  6. shotfiring
  7. shotglass
  8. shotglasses
  9. shotgun
  10. shotgun approach
  11. shotgun approaches

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