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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The surgeon accused of gunning down his ex-wife and her husband in their Ohio home is due to appear at an arraignment on Friday.
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Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2026
Prosecutors again played a video showing Patton getting gunned down just inside the doorway.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
Noble, a fellow North Texas rapper known as MO3, was gunned down on Interstate 35E in Dallas in 2020.
—Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
Residents of the Hour Children facility said the unit where the victim was gunned down is occupied by a woman and her two young children.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2026
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Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2026
Prosecutors again played a video showing Patton getting gunned down just inside the doorway.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
Noble, a fellow North Texas rapper known as MO3, was gunned down on Interstate 35E in Dallas in 2020.
—Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
Residents of the Hour Children facility said the unit where the victim was gunned down is occupied by a woman and her two young children.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2026
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“Gun down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gun%20down. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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