gun down
phrasal verb
gunned down; gunning down; guns down
: to shoot (someone) with a gun
He was gunned down in the street.
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Listen to this article As David Velazquez was sentenced for 40 years Thursday for gunning down Asael Wilson near the Illinois state line, none of Wilson’s family were in the courtroom.
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Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
Mangione, 26, is charged with first-degree murder in furtherance of an act of terrorism, stalking and a slew of other state and federal charges in both New York and Pennsylvania, for allegedly gunning down Thompson, a 50-year-old married father of two, on a sidewalk in Manhattan on Dec. 4, 2024.
—Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Tuesday’s attack – during which men were singled out and gunned down from close range, according to survivors’ testimony – was the latest in a list of bloody incidents to stain the region.
—Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2025
Javon Japa, 25, was arrested Sunday for gunning down his older brother Vincent Idlett, 31, the day before in Idlett’s apartment on Avenue W near Batchelder St. in NYCHA’s Nostrand Houses, in Sheepshead Bay, police said.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
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Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
Mangione, 26, is charged with first-degree murder in furtherance of an act of terrorism, stalking and a slew of other state and federal charges in both New York and Pennsylvania, for allegedly gunning down Thompson, a 50-year-old married father of two, on a sidewalk in Manhattan on Dec. 4, 2024.
—Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Tuesday’s attack – during which men were singled out and gunned down from close range, according to survivors’ testimony – was the latest in a list of bloody incidents to stain the region.
—Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2025
Javon Japa, 25, was arrested Sunday for gunning down his older brother Vincent Idlett, 31, the day before in Idlett’s apartment on Avenue W near Batchelder St. in NYCHA’s Nostrand Houses, in Sheepshead Bay, police said.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Gun down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gun%20down. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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