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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Police say the officers saw two women, a 25-year-old and a 28-year-old, who were both suffering from gunshot wounds.
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Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2025
Deputies responded to the home in far north Houston at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 10, and found 32-year-old Eduardo Alfaro Jr. with gunshot wounds, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said in a May 11 news release.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 May 2025
According to an autopsy from assistant chief medical examiner Abigail Alexander, the 26-year-old mother and her son both died from single gunshot wounds to the head.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 11 May 2025
Two people suffered non life-threatening injuries, including a woman who arrived at an area hospital suffering from a graze-type gunshot wound.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025
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Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2025
Deputies responded to the home in far north Houston at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 10, and found 32-year-old Eduardo Alfaro Jr. with gunshot wounds, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said in a May 11 news release.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 May 2025
According to an autopsy from assistant chief medical examiner Abigail Alexander, the 26-year-old mother and her son both died from single gunshot wounds to the head.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 11 May 2025
Two people suffered non life-threatening injuries, including a woman who arrived at an area hospital suffering from a graze-type gunshot wound.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025
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“Gunshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunshot. Accessed 17 May. 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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