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
The guns fired case shot, with terrible effect, and when morning dawned the position was still held by the Imperial Forces.
From The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War by Churchill, Winston
One of the earliest kinds of scatter projectiles was case shot, or canister, used at Constantinople in 1453.
From Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America by Manucy, Albert
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