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noun
The shooting of multiple people over a short period of time, particularly when there are many victims and in which the victims are targeted indiscriminately.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Qualifier: crime
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: shooting spree
Antonyms: none provided
History
From mass + shooting.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
