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adjective 
  1. (idiom) Having a tendency or desire to shoot a firearm irresponsibly before adequately identifying the target.
The bystanders were indiscriminately gunned down by gang members.
  1. (idiom) Inclined to behave recklessly, especially with machinery.
Be careful when you work near him; he's with that chain-saw.
  1. (idiom) Inclined to react excessively or violently at the slightest provocation.
He was so that he wheeled and punched me when I brushed by him in the hall.

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