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We think the answer is "SHOT" which means:

noun
• • The act of firing a projectile
• • A solid missile discharged from a firearm
• • (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
• • A chance to do something
• • A person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)
• • A consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
• • The act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
• • A small drink of liquor
• • An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
• • An estimate based on little or no information
• • An informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
• • Sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put
• • An explosive charge used in blasting
• • A blow hard enough to cause injury
• • An attempt to score in a game
• • Informal words for any attempt or effort
• • The launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination
• • Throwing the basketball toward the hoop
adjective satellite
• • Varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles
verb
• • To launch a projectile.
• • To move or act quickly or suddenly.
• • To act or achieve.
• • To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
• • To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
• • To develop, move forward.
• • To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
• • To plane straight; to fit by planing.
• • To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.w
• • To shoot the moon.
• • To load (a gun) with shot.
adjective
• • Worn out or broken.
• • (of material, especially silk) woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an iridescent appearance.
• • Tired, weary.
• • Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.
• • Scarred silly or crazy of something or someone usually due to a traumatic experience with said fear.
interjection
• • Thank you.

An example sentence would be:

• • "He took a shot at the target and missed."
• • "She received a flu shot at the clinic."

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