shoot off(an arm, leg, etc); kill; for commercial purposes hunting to kill; click off(о "пистолете" на бензоколонке // Do not try to pump more gas into the tank after it's clicked off. 4uzhoj); shoot(down)
cull(диких животных (CULLING: election and removal of individuals from a population or group. Culling is a common strategy with livestock and wildlife, used to control and eradicate diseases or pests, control population size, select for desired genetic characteristics, and maximize economic profit.) 'More)
hold sb. off with gunfire(On the evening of August 21, 1955, five adults and seven children arrived at the Hopkinsville police station claiming that small alien creatures from a spaceship were attacking their farmhouse, and that they had been holding them off with gunfire "for nearly four hours". Two of the adults, Elmer Sutton and Billy Ray Taylor, claimed they had been shooting at a few short, dark figures who repeatedly popped up at the doorway or peered into the windows.wikipedia.orgART Vancouver)
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