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発砲する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

firing; discharge of a gun

Refers to the act of shooting a firearm, often in official or news contexts. Can be used as a noun or with する as a transitive verb.

〈人ひと〉に発はっ砲ぽうするto fire a gun at someone
警けい官かんは逃にげる男おとこに発はっ砲ぽうした。
The police officer fired his gun at the fleeing man.
空そらに向むけて発はっ砲ぽうするto fire a gun into the air
犯はん人にんは空そらに向むけて発はっ砲ぽうして逃とう走そうした。
The suspect fired into the air and fled.
威い嚇かくのために発はっ砲ぽうするto fire a warning shot
クマを追おい払はらうために威い嚇かくのために発はっ砲ぽうした。
He fired a warning shot to scare off the bear.

射しゃ撃げき
射撃 is the broader term for shooting (including sports and military training), while 発砲 specifically refers to the act of discharging a firearm, often in legal or news contexts.
銃じゅう撃げき
銃撃 implies shooting at a person or target with hostile intent, whereas 発砲 simply describes the act of firing a gun, regardless of intent.

発はっ射しゃN2
発射 is a general term for launching or firing anything (missiles, rockets, arrows), while 発砲 is used specifically for discharging a firearm.
銃じゅう声せい
発砲 refers to the act of firing a gun, while 銃声 is the sound that a gunshot produces.
発はっ泡ぽう
発泡 (foaming) and 発砲 (firing a gun) are pronounced identically but refer to completely unrelated actions, so context and kanji must disambiguate them.

回かいN4
The neutral counter for occurrences: how many times something happens.
度どN4
Counts times/occasions like 回, but often for one-off or notable occasions (一度 = once).

Compound of 発 (はつ, 'discharge') and 砲 (ほう, 'gun/cannon'). The reading はっぽう results from gemination of つ before ほ.