wegschießen

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Etymology

weg +‎ schießen

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  • Hyphenation: weg‧schie‧ßen

Verb

wegschießen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present schießt weg, past tense schoss weg, past participle weggeschossen, past subjunctive schösse weg, auxiliary haben)

  1. to shoot off
    • 2008, Donna Rosenthal, Die Israelis: Leben in einem außergewöhnlichen Land, page 73:
      Die 19-Jährige war in einem Jeep auf Patrouillenfahrt in der Nähe eines Kibbuz an der Grenze zur West Bank, als ein Tanzim-Scharfschütze ihr das Gesicht wegschoss.
      The 19-year-old was patrolling in the vicinity of a kibbutz on the border with the West Bank when a Tanzim-sharpshooter shot her face off.

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