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View synonyms for well-aimed

well-aimed

adjective

  1. (of a missile, punch, etc) having been pointed or directed accurately at a person or object

    a well-aimed, precise blow

  2. (of a comment, criticism, etc) obviously and accurately directed at a person, object, etc

    a well-aimed expression of contempt

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Death could come suddenly, in a blinding flash, as shells exploded in or near the trenches, or from a well-aimed sniper’s bullet as a soldier peered over a trench parapet into no man’s land.

After the egging of Nick Griffin, Gerry Gable, the long-time editor of the UK anti-fascist magazine Searchlight, wrote that while seeing foodstuffs being dumped over Griffin's head "certainly brought a smile to many people's face," it was "going to take more than a few well-aimed eggs and worthy placards to finish the BNP for good".

From Salon

It carried through Portugal’s major threat in the fifth minute, when Bono lunged to his left to save Joao Felix’s well-aimed header.

Each drone flies slowly enough to be shot out of the sky with a well-aimed rifle, and carries only a small explosive payload equivalent to an artillery shell.

From Reuters

Screechers were a nuisance, but nothing a well-aimed arrow couldn’t fix.

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