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gunshot

[ guhn-shot ]

noun

  1. the shooting of a gun:

    We heard three gunshots.

  2. a bullet, projectile, or other shot fired from a gun.
  3. the range of a gun:

    The bear was out of gunshot.



adjective

  1. made by a gunshot.

gunshot

/ ˈɡʌˌʃɒ /

noun

    1. shot fired from a gun
    2. ( as modifier )

      gunshot wounds

  1. the range of a gun
  2. the shooting of a gun
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of gunshot1

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English; gun 1, shot 1
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Example Sentences

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Tuesday and found Hall, 45, lying on the ground nearby suffering from gunshot wounds.

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He cast doubt one witness, a mother of four, because she said she went outside to see what had happened after hearing gunshots.

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The provisional cause of his death was a single gunshot wound to the abdomen.

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Officers arrived and found a man with a fatal gunshot wound, but no gunman was found.

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Deputies discovered two women with gunshot wounds after 7 p.m. at the intersection of Caldwell Street and Central Avenue, the L.A.

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