gun down

phrasal verb

gunned down; gunning down; guns down

: to shoot (someone) with a gun

He was gunned down in the street.

Examples of gun down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office identified a 21-year-old Saturday afternoon as the man who gunned down Deputy Devin Jaramillo on Friday before killing himself. —Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 8 Nov. 2025

An 18-year-old man accused of gunning down two teenage boys at a Chula Vista house party pleaded not guilty Wednesday to two counts of murder. —City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2025

Onassis was wearing the suit with JFK when he was gunned down while riding in a motorcade in Dallas in 1963. —James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2025

Investigators are exploring every possible motive in the early-morning shooting that killed Mark Calcagni, longtime general manager of San Francisco’s famous Condor Club, who was found gunned down near his Santa Rosa home earlier this month. —Stepheny Price , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for gun down

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown