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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Upon arrival, officers and firefighters from the Houston Fire Department found three victims, all adult men suffering from gunshot wounds, who were taken to local hospitals, Skelton said.
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 23 Mar. 2025
Jones, who was waiting for a friend inside the car, sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the head and chest, prosecutors added, and medical personnel later pronounced him dead at the scene.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
Authorities were summoned about 6:30 a.m. to an apartment fire in the 4900 block of South Cornell Avenue where the unresponsive man was discovered with a gunshot wound to the head.
—Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025
Officers found Bradford laying the street with gunshot wounds, Gonzalez said.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2025
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 23 Mar. 2025
Jones, who was waiting for a friend inside the car, sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the head and chest, prosecutors added, and medical personnel later pronounced him dead at the scene.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
Authorities were summoned about 6:30 a.m. to an apartment fire in the 4900 block of South Cornell Avenue where the unresponsive man was discovered with a gunshot wound to the head.
—Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025
Officers found Bradford laying the street with gunshot wounds, Gonzalez said.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2025
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“Gunshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunshot. Accessed 31 Mar. 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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