describe a shot fired

[alpacinou]

Hello,

I am writing a story. I need to describe an RPG shot. How I describe the sound, speed, flare and smoke of the rocket propelling very swiftly towards its target? Is there a verb for that?

Then he turned around and saw a man with an RPG. He aimed and pulled the trigger and then....

Can I say a rocket came zapping out of the launcher?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

. . . and then — Zip! Ker-BLAM!

 

[alpacinou]

. . . and then — Zip! Ker-BLAM!

Actually, I would like to learn the verbs that can be used in this situation to dramatically describe the speed and the sound and the flare.

 

[Tarheel]

BOOM! works for me.
:-D

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Actually, I would like to learn the verbs that can be used in this situation to dramatically describe the speed and the sound and the flare.

There are lots of verbs for both.

How do you describe them? Describe them by describing them.

You seem to be asking for verbs for nouns: "sound, speed, flare and smoke." The corresponding verbs are heard, sped, flared, and smoked.

But I don't think that answers your question. You might just describe how loud, how fast, how bright, and how smoky it was. Again, there are countless ways to do that. A list of verbs doesn't exist.