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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As Tom tells Robbie to put his gun down, the screen goes black.
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Grace Byron, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
More than 3,000 Hamas fighters gunned down civilians, torturing and mutilating some of them in their own homes, still in their pajamas.
—Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
In July, famo star Khopolo Kholue, was gunned down alongside a local journalist investigating the gang wars.
—Kate Bartlett, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
Shakur, who was also known as Joanne Chesimard, had been granted political asylum by Castro in 1984 after she was convicted in 1977 of gunning down a New Jersey State trooper and then escaped from prison two years later, beginning her life on the run.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
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Grace Byron, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
More than 3,000 Hamas fighters gunned down civilians, torturing and mutilating some of them in their own homes, still in their pajamas.
—Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
In July, famo star Khopolo Kholue, was gunned down alongside a local journalist investigating the gang wars.
—Kate Bartlett, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
Shakur, who was also known as Joanne Chesimard, had been granted political asylum by Castro in 1984 after she was convicted in 1977 of gunning down a New Jersey State trooper and then escaped from prison two years later, beginning her life on the run.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Gun down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gun%20down. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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