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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries警告射撃
Pronunciation / Transliteration: keikoku shageki
"警官は群衆を解散させるために空に警告射撃を行った。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A shot fired as a warning, typically to deter or signal an impending threat.
"The officer fired a warning-shot into the air to disperse the crowd." - 2
A figurative expression indicating a preliminary action intended to caution or alert someone.
"The company's layoffs served as a warning-shot to employees about the financial difficulties ahead."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'warning-shot' combines 'warning', derived from Old English 'wyrnan', meaning to inform or caution, and 'shot', from Old English 'sceotan', meaning to discharge a projectile. The phrase evolved in military contexts to denote a shot fired to signal or deter rather than to injure.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Warning-shot" is said worldwide
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tir d'avertissement
Transliteration: tir d'avertissement
"Le policier a tiré un tir d'avertissement dans les airs."
Warnschuss
Transliteration: Warnschuss
"Der Offizier gab einen Warnschuss ab, um die Menge zu zerstreuen."
colpo di avvertimento
Transliteration: colpo di avvertimento
"L'ufficiale ha sparato un colpo di avvertimento nell'aria."
disparo de advertencia
Transliteration: disparo de advertencia
"El oficial disparó un disparo de advertencia al aire."
disparo de aviso
Transliteration: disparo de aviso
"O oficial disparou um disparo de aviso no ar."
चेतावनी शॉट
Transliteration: chetavani shot
"अधिकारी ने भीड़ को तितर-बितर करने के लिए चेतावनी शॉट फायर किया।"
警告射击
Transliteration: jǐnggào shèjī
"警察向空中开了一枪以警告人群。"
경고 사격
Transliteration: gyeonggo sagyeok
"경찰이 군중을 해산시키기 위해 공중으로 경고 사격을 했다."
警告射撃
Transliteration: keikoku shageki
"警官は群衆を解散させるために空に警告射撃を行った。"
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