case shot
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of case shot
First recorded in 1665–75
Example Sentences
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This is not the first time the 30-year-old rapper has seen his efforts to revive the case shot down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2025
On Wednesday, the judge overseeing the case shot down the pop icon's request to remove her father Jamie as conservator.
From Fox News ● Jul. 1, 2021
Rickie Fowler, a late commit to Wyndham looking to make a Ryder Cup case, shot a bogey-free three-under 67.
From Golf Digest ● Aug. 18, 2016
He was struck from his horse by a piece of case shot, but his pelisse saved him.
From With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
From these pieces, and from others still farther to our right, they had been pouring a destructive fire of shell, grape and spherical case shot during the above mentioned engagement of our infantry.
From Personal Recollections of the War of 1861 As Private, Sergeant and Lieutenant in the Sixty-First Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry by Fuller, Charles Augustus
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