tembak di tempat
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== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Compound of tembak (“to shoot”) + di tempat (“on the spot; then and there; at the scene; on scene”). Compare to Chinese 當場射擊 / 当场射击 (dāngchǎng shèjī).
=== Verb ===
tembak di tempat (active menembak di tempat, reflexive passive tertembak di tempat, ordinary passive ditembak di tempat, imperative tembak di tempat, emphatic-jussive tembaklah di tempat)
(military, law enforcement) to shoot on sight (to immediately fire upon a designated target as soon as it appear)
=== Further reading ===
“tembak di tempat”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016