shoot somebody on sight

He was ordered to be shot on sight for his activities against the British rule.

Any one of them would be eager for the chance to shoot him on sight.

At least the mountain people would be less likely to shoot him on sight than the women of the city.

He would even need some luck to escape being shot on sight.

Back home, many of them would have shot each other on sight.

But at least there was one positive; I knew we were being kept alive for some reason, otherwise we'd have been shot on sight.

Rangers look like they've been told to shoot on sight here.

They would be almost as likely to shoot her on sight.

Any African found in the area could legally be shot on sight.

That's if they didn't just shoot us all on sight.