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shooting

act or process of firing firearms or other projectile weapons
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Edward Hacker (1813-1905) and Abraham Cooper, RA, (1787–1868) (Life time: 1813-1905 and 1787–1868) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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shooting

Summary

shooting ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (167 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • shooting followed aiming[2].
  • shooting is a type of technical activity[3].
  • shooting is used for hunting[4].
  • shooting is used for shooting sports[5].
  • shooting is used for combat[6].
  • shooting is used for violent crime[7].
  • shooting is used for law enforcement[8].
  • shooting is used for execution[9].
  • shooting's Commons category is recorded as Shooting[10].
  • shooting's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shooting[11].
  • shooting's facet of is recorded as combat[12].
  • shooting's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[13].
  • shooting's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • shooting's different from is recorded as shooting attack[15].
  • shooting's different from is recorded as shooting[16].
  • shooting's different from is recorded as execution by shooting[17].
  • shooting's different from is recorded as shooting sports[18].
  • shooting's different from is recorded as firing[19].
  • shooting's different from is recorded as dismissal[20].
  • shooting's uses is recorded as projectile weapon[21].
  • shooting's uses is recorded as gunshot[22].
  • shooting's practiced by is recorded as shooter[23].

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Definition and Type

shooting is a type of technical activity[3].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include hunting[4], shooting sports[5], combat[6], violent crime[7], law enforcement[8], and execution[9].

Influence

Things named for shooting include shooting method[24] and Shootenanny![25], an album[26].

Why It Matters

shooting ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (167 views/month).[1] shooting has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] shooting is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Entities named for shooting include shooting method[24] and Shootenanny![25], an album[26].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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