"warning shot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: warning shots [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} warning shot (plural warning shots)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A shot fired as a warning. Translations (shot fired): waarschuwingsschot [neuter] (Dutch), varoituslaukaus (Finnish), tir de sommation [masculine] (French), tir de semonce [masculine] (French), coup de semonce [masculine] (French), Warnschuss [masculine] (German), colpo di avvertimento [masculine] (Italian), strzał ostrzegawczy [masculine] (Polish), varningsskott [neuter] (Swedish), uyarı atışı (Turkish), uyarı ateşi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-warning_shot-en-noun-LvHYTxPb Categories (other): &lit not valid pagename Disambiguation of 'shot fired': 95 5
  2. (by extension, figuratively) An action intended to act as a warning. Tags: broadly, figuratively Synonyms: shot across the bow, shot across the bows Translations (action intended as a warning): varoituslaukaus (Finnish), coup de semonce [masculine] (French), Schuss vor den Bug [masculine] (German), ostrzeżenie [neuter] (Polish), varningsskott [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-warning_shot-en-noun-z1igl0n8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of 'action intended as a warning': 32 68

Inflected forms

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