Definition of "harpooning" [harpooning]

• Present participle of harpoon. (verb)

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• "Bill Chaprales throwing a harpoonlike device from the pulpit of a “stick” boat (photo), meaning one more commonly used in harpooning giant bluefin tuna or, historically, broadbill swordfish."
• "I wasn't "harpooning" Ian for his conservation steps."
• "The harpooning, historians estimated, happened around 1890, making the fish over 100 years old."