"sparare a zero" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Italian]

Forms: sparàre a zero [canonical], spàro a zero [first-person, present, singular], sparài a zero [first-person, historic, past, singular], sparàto a zero [participle, past], avére [auxiliary]
Etymology: Literally, “to shoot to zero”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to shoot to zero}} “to shoot to zero”, {{lit|to shoot to zero}} Literally, “to shoot to zero” Head templates: {{it-verb|a/à|head=~a zero:~}} sparàre a zero (first-person singular present spàro a zero, first-person singular past historic sparài a zero, past participle sparàto a zero, auxiliary avére)
  1. (intransitive, firearms) to shoot point blank Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Firearms
    Sense id: en-sparare_a_zero-it-verb-yipbsbI6 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 70 30 Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
  2. (figurative, by extension, transitive with su) to submit to harsh criticism; to launch an attack (on); to lash out (at) Tags: broadly, figuratively, transitive Synonyms: scagliarsi, inveire, criticare, invelenirsi, picconare, sferzare
    Sense id: en-sparare_a_zero-it-verb-iU2v-1A5

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