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hit list

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noun Slang.

a list of persons singled out as targets for murder.
a list of people or programs to be acted against or disposed of.

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Origin of hit list

First recorded in 1970–75

Words nearby hit list

hit it off, Hitler, Hitler, Adolf, Hitlerism, Hitlerite, hit list, hit man, hit off, hit on, hit on all cylinders, hit one's stride
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Words related to hit list

laundry list, want list

British Dictionary definitions for hit list

hit list

noun informal

a list of people to be murdereda terrorist hit list
a list of targets to be eliminated in some waya hit list of pits to be closed
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