gun down
phrasal verb
gunned down; gunning down; guns down
: to shoot (someone) with a gun
He was gunned down in the street.
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Yusef was gunned down in Stockton in August 2023 at 25.
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Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 4 Dec. 2025
Officials allege that Lakanwal gunned down Spc.
—Gary Grumbach, NBC news, 2 Dec. 2025
Luigi Mangione, the 27-year-old accused of fatally gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last December in New York City, is expected to appear in court Monday in Manhattan.
—Alice Gainer, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
Mangione is accused of gunning down Thompson -- a father of two who spent two decades working for UnitedHealthcare before being named its CEO -- last December outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel before allegedly fleeing the city.
—Josh Margolin, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2025
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Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 4 Dec. 2025
Officials allege that Lakanwal gunned down Spc.
—Gary Grumbach, NBC news, 2 Dec. 2025
Luigi Mangione, the 27-year-old accused of fatally gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last December in New York City, is expected to appear in court Monday in Manhattan.
—Alice Gainer, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
Mangione is accused of gunning down Thompson -- a father of two who spent two decades working for UnitedHealthcare before being named its CEO -- last December outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel before allegedly fleeing the city.
—Josh Margolin, ABC News, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Gun down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gun%20down. Accessed 12 Dec. 2025.
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