tommy-gunned

verb

Definition of tommy-gunnednext
past tense of tommy-gun
as in destroyed

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  1. destroyed
  2. dispatched
  3. felled
  4. slew
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  • Almost all of Gaza’s other schools are either shuttered, destroyed or have been converted into shelters for the displaced.
    Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Israel responded with a devastating campaign of airstrikes and a ground invasion that have killed more than 45,000 people, destroyed much of the enclave and displaced nearly two million.
    Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of destroyed
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  • The New York Times, citing Libyan officers, reported that Russia had dispatched cargo planes loaded with military equipment to Libya.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • This scene offers a different take on Metal, showing that there is an entire army of Metal Sonics, but they all get dispatched rather easily, after a surprise appearance from Amy, wielding her signature hammer.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of dispatched
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  • Tent poles, for instance, are made from trees that have been naturally felled by elephants, and the whole camp runs on solar power.
    Nicholas DeRenzo, AFAR Media, 18 Dec. 2024
  • President Bashar al-Assad, and his late father and predecessor, Hafez, were omnipresent forces, glaring down from the many billboards, posters, and statues that were felled this week with all the exuberance, rage, and grief of the long-oppressed.
    Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of felled
Verb
  • Scandinavian gods and heroes such as Beowulf often slew them in the course of their duties protecting weaker people.
    Kelly DeVries, Foreign Affairs, 29 Mar. 2012
  • The telescope has, in fact, relied on a version of the one-gyro mode for all its science observations since 2021, using three gyros for slewing to a target, then stabilizing its view via a single gyro and a fine guidance sensor once data collection begins.
    Lee Billings, Scientific American, 5 June 2024
Definition of slew
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