gunshot
noun
gun·shot
ˈgən-ˌshät 
1
: shot or a projectile fired from a gun
2
: the range of a gun
3
: the firing of a gun
Examples of gunshot in a Sentence
He was killed by a gunshot to the head.
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Pearsall missed most of training camp with hamstring and shoulder injuries, then had to sit out the first six games of the season while recovering from a gunshot wound to his chest.
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Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
On arriving, police officers found three females and four males with gunshot wounds.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Four Indiana men were arrested in his murder after police found Kumar had died of several gunshot wounds to the chest.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 30 Dec. 2024
What to Know The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department responded to a report of a shooting in the 6600 block of Tampa Court at around 8:40 p.m.
Responding officers found a man suffering from apparent gunshot wounds inside of the residence.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
On arriving, police officers found three females and four males with gunshot wounds.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Four Indiana men were arrested in his murder after police found Kumar had died of several gunshot wounds to the chest.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 30 Dec. 2024
What to Know The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department responded to a report of a shooting in the 6600 block of Tampa Court at around 8:40 p.m.
Responding officers found a man suffering from apparent gunshot wounds inside of the residence.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Gunshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunshot. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.
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gunshot
noun
gun·shot
-ˌshät
1
: shot fired from a gun
2
: the range of a gun
within gunshot
3
: the firing of a gun
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