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[ guhn-shot ] / ˈgʌnˌʃɒt /
nounthe shooting of a gun: We heard three gunshots. a bullet, projectile, or other shot fired from a gun. the range of a gun: The bear was out of gunshot. Origin of gunshotFirst recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English; gun1, shot1 Words nearby gunshotgun room, gunrunning, guns, gunsel, gunship, gunshot, gun-shy, gunslinger, gunsmith, gunstock, gunstock deformity Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for gunshotSeven years later, he was found dead with two gunshot wounds to the head in what was ruled a suicide. Jeremy Renner Opens Up About Marriage, His Problems with the Media, and the Future of Hawk-Eye|Marlow Stern|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST A wooden chair whizzed past my left ear and smashed into the steel door like a gunshot. Inside a Hospital for the Criminally Insane|Caitlin Dickson|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST It took a gunshot, however, to make the story public property. Portrait of the Consummate Con Man|John Lardner|May 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST Two Reuters journalists at the scene reported seeing two dead bodies, one with gunshot wounds to the head. Deadly Shootout in Ukraine Raises Fears of Russian Invasion|Jamie Dettmer|April 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The trial in humans will locate patients whose hearts have stopped after a gunshot wound or other injury. New 'Suspended Animation' Procedure Saves Lives by Replacing Blood with a Cold Electrolyte Solution|Elizabeth Lopatto|April 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST Thirty-five cases of civilians suffering either from gunshot wounds or gas were also evacuated, most of them from Famars. The History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918|Frederick William Bewsher Several had received knife or gunshot wounds in the quarrels that resulted. South from Hudson Bay|E. C. [Ethel Claire] Brill And one Spaniard who was cutting grass a gunshot from the camp was slain by a stone rolled down the hill. A Glimpse at Guatemala|Anne Cary Maudslay "And you'll have a bullet in your hide if you don't keep out of gunshot of them," I added. Blindfolded|Earle Ashley Walcott He was badly hacked, and from a gunshot wound in the vitals he was bleeding to death. The Pirate of Panama|William MacLeod Raine
British Dictionary definitions for gunshot
noun- shot fired from a gun
- (as modifier)gunshot wounds
the range of a gun 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 |