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Score nothing when shot out! (5)

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I believe the answer is:

shoot

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'score' is the definition.
(I know that shoot is a type of score)

'nothing when shot out' is the wordplay.
'nothing when' becomes 'o' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'out' is an insertion indicator.
'o' placed inside 'shot' is 'SHOOT'.

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(Other definitions for shoot that I've seen before include "Fire (a gun)" , "Make a film" , "modelling session" , "New growth; last word of Hamlet" , "country sport" .)

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