pick off
• shoot a member of a group, aiming carefully from a distance.
• "the soldiers were picked off by snipers"
Similar:
shoot (down),
gun down,
fire at,
hit,
put a bullet in,
fell,
bring down,
take out,
kill,
bag,
wound,
injure,
pot,
zap,
plug,
slay,
pickoff
noun
• an act of catching a runner off base, involving a sudden throw of the ball to that base by the pitcher or catcher.
• "a pickoff play"
• a device in the control or guidance system of an aircraft or boat which emits or alters an electrical, optical, or pneumatic output in response to a change in motion.
