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
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He was killed by a gunshot to the head.
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However, two people later showed up at nearby hospitals with gunshot wounds.
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Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
With three dead, including the shooting suspect, and a Harbor Police officer hospitalized with a gunshot wound, San Diego’s homicide unit provided details of the department’s criminal investigation of the broad-daylight killings.
—Nbc San Diego, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
But in 2004, his father died of a gunshot wound to the chest in Boise County.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2024
Deputies arrived to find a man who appeared to have a gunshot wound to the head, according to a Clay County sheriff’s office news release.
—Matt Henson, Twin Cities, 9 Nov. 2024
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Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
With three dead, including the shooting suspect, and a Harbor Police officer hospitalized with a gunshot wound, San Diego’s homicide unit provided details of the department’s criminal investigation of the broad-daylight killings.
—Nbc San Diego, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
But in 2004, his father died of a gunshot wound to the chest in Boise County.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2024
Deputies arrived to find a man who appeared to have a gunshot wound to the head, according to a Clay County sheriff’s office news release.
—Matt Henson, Twin Cities, 9 Nov. 2024
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“Gunshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunshot. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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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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