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View synonyms for hit list

hit list

noun

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


hit list

noun

  1. a list of people to be murdered

    a terrorist hit list

  2. a list of targets to be eliminated in some way

    a hit list of pits to be closed



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Word History and Origins

Origin of hit list1

First recorded in 1970–75

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Example Sentences

Not even the support groups of those abused by priests had the bishop on their priority hit list.

It will pit Hit List versus Bombshell, and for one last time, Ivy versus Karen.

Mel Gibson apparently just added another group to his anger hit list: the elderly.

Ehsan then ominously added that the Taliban has “several more” journalists like Atif on its hit list.

Whisper: Balochistan is next on the U.S. hit list for a fresh round of drone bombings.

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