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shot up

  1. Severely wounded by gunfire; see shoot up , def. 2.

  2. Drugged; see shoot up , def. 3.



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As they passed the runway, bullets shot up from the tall grass, puncturing a fuel tank.

Have I got shot up with painkillers and Xylocaine and different things to numb areas so I can play?

Since last year, public approval for the ban has shot up from an already astronomical 91 percent to 93 percent.

Reagan later told a reporter that his pilot followed the mysterious light before it suddenly “shot up into the heavens.”

Earlier this year, army Apaches shot up several convoys that refused to stop while navigating mountainous dunes near the border.

The three fingers shot up at once and waved at me, but I pretended not to see them and turned to my guest.

And then the figure in the window withdrew and the light beam again shot up from below.

From the top of the Admiralty, near by, a flashlight shot up into the air and began its nightly process of brushing the sky.

The buck shot up his head and listened, a beautiful sight which made Stella gasp for breath.

In a minute the paint on the ship's side was in a blaze and the flames shot up half as high as the masts.

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