as in to fire
to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force
the hunter waited for the deer to start feeding, then squeezed off several rounds
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Recent Examples of squeeze off
Pazmiño thinks these routes will get only more popular with traffickers as the Caribbean routes are squeezed off.
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Ana María Cañizares, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
He was squeezed off the third base position when Breslow signed Alex Bregman to a $120 million free agent contract in the offseason.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
The players that do squeeze off more shots, typically aren’t doing so from dangerous areas.
—Brett Koremenos, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The officer squeezed off three quick shots, hitting the dog and sending it back into the house, yelping.
—Laura A. Bischoff, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
Homeowner's surveillance camera The homeowner whipped out his weapon and squeezed off at least a half-dozen rounds at the retreating attackers, video showed.
—Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2023
Bourque helping to shoot down ALS Over the course of his Hall of Fame career, Ray Bourque squeezed off 6,209 shots on net, a league record surpassed last season when Capitals cannon Alexander Ovechkin fired 294 times, boosting his total to 6,355.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
Hess squeezed off 12 rounds, shattering the front passenger window.
—Dallas Morning News, 6 July 2023
Ana María Cañizares, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
He was squeezed off the third base position when Breslow signed Alex Bregman to a $120 million free agent contract in the offseason.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
The players that do squeeze off more shots, typically aren’t doing so from dangerous areas.
—Brett Koremenos, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The officer squeezed off three quick shots, hitting the dog and sending it back into the house, yelping.
—Laura A. Bischoff, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
Homeowner's surveillance camera The homeowner whipped out his weapon and squeezed off at least a half-dozen rounds at the retreating attackers, video showed.
—Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2023
Bourque helping to shoot down ALS Over the course of his Hall of Fame career, Ray Bourque squeezed off 6,209 shots on net, a league record surpassed last season when Capitals cannon Alexander Ovechkin fired 294 times, boosting his total to 6,355.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
Hess squeezed off 12 rounds, shattering the front passenger window.
—Dallas Morning News, 6 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squeeze off
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Dominik Szoboszlai, who was asked to play deeper alongside Jones, capped a sensational display by firing home their fifth goal from 20 yards out after Cody Gakpo had netted for the third successive game.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The 23-year-old came into the league as the consensus top pick in last year’s draft but struggled as a rookie, in a season which saw the Bears fire their head coach Matt Eberflus following a disastrous Thanksgiving Day loss.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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Camay Mitchell De Silva was staying with a friend on the school's campus in Dover in April 2024 when she was fatally shot, CBS News reported at the time.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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Adrian Green was shot by Glendale police officers after aiming a gun at them as shown in body-camera footage.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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SpaceX has launched more than 10,000 Starlink spacecraft to date, and nearly 8,750 of them remain active in LEO.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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Some major stores launch special shipping weekends to encourage early shopping, and taking advantage of those can stretch your holiday budget further.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Oct. 2025
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Marcus Mariota threw an interception that bounced off Deebo Samuel’s hands, and Washington came up short on two fourth-down conversions.—
Cole Sullivan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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From 2018 to 2021, Lauren Spors faced a number of charges for a series of violent incidents, including striking a manager at a coffee shop and throwing a rock through a window in an effort to break into her mother's house.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Squeeze off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squeeze%20off. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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