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Synonyms for unaimed

Grammar : Adj
Spell : eym
Phonetic Transcription : eɪm

Top 10 synonyms for unaimed
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Définition of unaimed

Origin :
  • early 14c., "target;" late 14c., "guess;" from aim (v.). Meaning "action of aiming" is from early 15c. (to take aim, originally make aim); that of "thing intended, purpose" is from 1620s.
  • As in random : adj haphazard, chance
Example sentences :
  • It shows how dangerous this unaimed fire can be when it comes in quantities.
  • Extract from : « Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie » by George Brenton Laurie
  • This method of preparing an attack by a great volume of unaimed—not undirected—rifle fire is worthy of the closest attention.
  • Extract from : « London to Ladysmith via Pretoria » by Winston Spencer Churchill
  • One man was killed and one wounded just at dark by unaimed fire and by the last shots fired.
  • Extract from : « The Record of a Regiment of the Line » by M. Jacson
  • From out of the darkness which hung like a shroud over the deck an occasional flash came up, unaimed, wide of our windows.
  • Extract from : « Brigands of the Moon » by Ray Cummings
  • From out of the darkness which hung like a shroud over the deck an occasional flash came up, unaimed—wide of our windows.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various
  • An unaimed bullet—a stop in the heart's pulsation—and the star we followed has gone out, God knows whither.
  • Extract from : « Fort Amity » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • The majority of wounds was due to shell-fire and unaimed machine-gun bullets, as there was very little genuine fighting.
  • Extract from : « The War Service of the 1/4 Royal Berkshire Regiment (T. F.) » by Charles Robert Mowbray Fraser Cruttwell
  • I fired an unaimed shot over my shoulder, which did no good at all except for lifting my morale.
  • Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith
  • Unaimed bullets wailed through the air, and pattered as they struck the walls.
  • Extract from : « America's War for Humanity » by Thomas Herbert Russell
  • In a battle of infantry you are mostly hit by an unaimed shot, or a shot aimed into a mass of men.
  • Extract from : « Letters from France » by C. E. W. Bean

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