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US
/ˈɡənˌʃɑt/
]
[ UK /ɡˈʌnʃɒt/ ]
[ UK /ɡˈʌnʃɒt/ ]
NOUN
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the act of shooting a gun
the gunfire endangered innocent bystanders
they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire
they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire
How To Use gunshot In A Sentence
- He saw privates, corporals, sergeants, and all the other ranks waiting for treatment from anything such as a broken limb, to a gunshot wound to a vital area of the body.
- Six or seven gunshots were heard, but it was not clear who fired them.
- SCHENECTADY - Police are investigating a shooting this morning in Schenectady where a man has suffered three gunshot wounds. Wnyt.com - Capital Region News, Weather and Sports from NEWSCHANNEL 13
- Redwood City officials now await the next phase: testing for real gunshots.
- More serious cases will receive what Burghardt calls "desensitization counter-conditioning," which entails exposing the dog at a safe distance to a sight or sound that might trigger a reaction - a gunshot, a loud bang or a vehicle, for instance. The Seattle Times
- We heard gunshots round about midnight.
- The sound of the gunshot reverberated angrily in the room.
- We heard gunshots round about midnight.
- The many gunshots in the film are about as underwhelming as I've ever heard even in low budget indie efforts, sounding like little quiet pops instead of loud bangs.
- The doors to Titan's office sprang open as the last echoes of a gunshot reverberated throughout the room.