Word: potshot
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...would get rid of him by taking a potshot at him at the first opportunity...
Spasm. Three days later a minor counter-revolutionary spasm occurred in Rio. Disgruntled military police and hungry Communists rioted, seized the central police station. Barricaded behind bean and flour sacks, soldiers, sailors, marines potshot the insurgents. Inside of two hours the uprising was quelled. Casualties: 200 killed and wounded...