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(rare, weaponry) A shot at something that is in the air, or a shot in midair..
The impressive results: naval gunfire support qualification achieved an 86.3 average, scoring 100 in two surface gunnery shoots , and a 95 grade for an airshoot.
We had an account to settle with these compound mortars, and were therefore pleased when an RAF jeep arrived to link us with two Spitfires to carry out airshoots on these deadly nuisances.
Each transformer has a sheet-iron case, connected to an airshoot which discharges the warm air outside the building.
As to the first idea — a new polyester outlet is to replace the present ugly, heavy, dirty-looking airshoot for putting into portholes for greater ventilation now made of tin or galvanized iron like this at which point he drew a diagram).
Its special characteristic is that the mihrab has three airshoots leading air into windows.
Squatting in offices and businesses, invading the rafters and airshoots of an increasingly and overly built environment — pigeons show that they can survive anywhere.
At the end of the vegetation period not only the flower-bearing airshoot, but also smaller or greater parts of the purely vegetative stems die away.
To understand the genus more fully, the enthusiastic student should research its additional specialized structures such as rhizoids, airshoots, scales, bracts, bracteoles, and quadrifid glands.
Use airshoot when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Airshoot means (rare, weaponry) A shot at something that is in the air, or a shot in midair..
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The impressive results: naval gunfire support qualification achieved an 86.3 average, scoring 100 in two surface gunnery shoots , and a 95 grade for an airshoot.
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