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as in firearm
a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder
while her father preferred hunting with a crossbow, she preferred a gun
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as in to shoot
to strike with a missile from a gun
traded stories of the Wild West, when outlaws gunned men down in broad daylight and in cold blood
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Recent Examples of gun
Jen Juneau, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
The girls, who are embedded in those protests as shown through actual cell phone footage of the demonstrations, may be responsible for the gun’s disappearance.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025
Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
This, one suspects, is what Andrew Ahn was gunning for all along.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The Rust accident occurred on Oct. 27, 2021, when a prop gun Baldwin was holding went off on the set of the Western film and killed Hutchins, 42.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
The girls, who are embedded in those protests as shown through actual cell phone footage of the demonstrations, may be responsible for the gun’s disappearance.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025
Verb
Last year, amid an early summer surge, Cora was gunning for the division title.
—Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
This, one suspects, is what Andrew Ahn was gunning for all along.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gun
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The Harlem rapper, 36, was recently found not guilty on two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm in Los Angeles.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
22 Feb. 2025
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The rapper was charged with two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm against his former friend, Terell Ephron, known as A$AP Relli.—
Regina Cho,
VIBE.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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Camp Knox was established during World War I and became an artillery training center, according to the Army post's website.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Feb. 2025
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Scott Peterson/Getty Images/The Christian Science Monitor That line remains beyond artillery range, some 28 miles away.—
Scott Peterson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
21 Feb. 2025
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The bloodshed at the hands of a teenager with a semiautomatic rifle spurred unusual activism from surviving students.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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The district office at the Folsom Cordova Unified School District went on lockdown Friday after school officials noticed a person holding what appeared to be a rifle, but the lockdown was lifted after law enforcement found no evidence of a crime, authorities said.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Feb. 2025
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Any little momentum that Team Chuck had built was taken away after Curry drilled one of his signature deep three-pointers, pulling up from the half-court line to make the 39-foot bucket.—
Homero De la Fuente,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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Now in spring training, Keith is drilling first base with infield coach Joey Cora.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gun. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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