target-v; 1 Senses

Sense Number 1: aim at or focus on

Examples:
Leaders of the movement were targeted by Israel.
Arsonists targeted the offices used as a mailing address for the Holocaust History Project.
Attacks originating in the United States targeted the healthcare industry.
A local police commander claims that insurgents targeted the school.
FISA originally required separate surveillance applications for each device or phone number to be targeted.
The discussions targeted the role of governmental policy.

Mappings:
VerbNet: confront-98
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: target.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1