gunned

verb

Definition of gunnednext
past tense of gun
as in drilled
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 Synonyms for gunned
  1. popped
  2. shot
  3. destroyed
Verb
  • During their performance, a photo of that intangible moment popped up on the screen.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The couple's happy news came only a few months after Broderick popped the question to Doute while the two were in Maui, Hawaii filming the second season of The Valley.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of popped
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  • Hocking just shot a leading role, opposite Aaron Taylor Johnson, Theo James and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, in David Mackenzie’s Fuze.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The shooter was fatally shot by a countersniper.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of shot
Verb
  • Weather officials said the conditions were similar to those of early November, when dangerous winds whipped through Ventura County and fueled the Mountain fire, a nearly 20,000-acre inferno that destroyed 243 structures, including homes.
    Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The Franklin fire is burning within much of the footprint of 2018’s devastating Woolsey fire, which destroyed more than 1,600 structures and burned about 97,000 acres in Malibu, the Santa Monica Mountains and surrounding communities of Thousand Oaks, Oak Park and Agoura Hills.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of destroyed
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