hit list
nounDefinition of hit list
: a list of persons or programs to be opposed or eliminated
broadly
: a list of those targeted for special attention or treatment
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Two former classmates told The Associated Press that Betts was suspended from Bellbrook High School after a hit list was found scrawled in a school bathroom. — Bloomberg.com, "FBI Reviewing Ohio Shooter's Interest in Violent Ideology," 6 Aug. 2019 Two former classmates told The Associated Press that Betts was suspended during their junior year at Bellbrook High School after a hit list was found scrawled in a school bathroom. — John Seewer, The Denver Post, "Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine urges gun sale background checks after shooting," 6 Aug. 2019 The discovery of the hit list early in 2012 sparked a police investigation, and roughly one-third of Bellbrook students skipped school out of fear, according to an article in the Dayton Daily News. — CBS News, "Dayton, Ohio, shooter kept a "hit list" and "rape list," classmates claim," 5 Aug. 2019 Chief Michael Brown in Sugarcreek Township, which has jurisdiction over the Bellbrook school, did not return calls Sunday about whether his agency investigated the hit list. — Author: Michael Biesecker And Julie Carr Smyth, Anchorage Daily News, "Classmates: Ohio shooter kept a ‘hit list’ and a ‘rape list’," 5 Aug. 2019 Chris Baker, a former Bellbrook High School principal, was asked about the hit list appearing on a bathroom wall at the school. — Keith Bierygolick, USA TODAY, "Dayton shooting gunman who police say killed 9 was in a 'pornogrind' metal band," 5 Aug. 2019 The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which protects crocodiles and places strict guidelines on hunting deer, has put the scaly, yardlong-or-more creature also known as the green iguana on its hit list. — John Bacon, USA TODAY, "Nightmare of the iguana: Florida tells homeowners to kill green iguanas 'whenever possible'," 3 July 2019 Goodwin will undergo a CT scan on Wednesday … Albert Pujols tied Tony Gwynn for 19th place on baseball’s all-time hit list with a fifth-inning single Tuesday night, giving the Angels slugger 3,141 career hits. — Mike Digiovanna, latimes.com, "Foul ball may hurt Angels infielder Tommy La Stella’s All-Star spot," 2 July 2019 Pujols passed Alex Rodriguez for 20th on the career hit list with 3,116. — Jill Painter Lopez, The Seattle Times, "Trout, Pujols back Harvey and lift Angels over Royals 5-2," 17 May 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hit list.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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