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

Prosecutors revealed that after gunning down Heym, Stacey and his accomplice, Roderick Derrick Crawford, 21, boarded the train and made their exit at the transit center. —Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025

The young conservative activist gunned down as the nation confronts an escalating crisis of political violence. —ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025

Kirk, a 31-year-old father of two young children, was gunned down while speaking at Utah Valley University on Wednesday afternoon. —Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Sep. 2025

King is the latest media figure with left-wing political views to come under fire for their response to Kirk’s assassination following the 31-year-old conservative activist and Turning Point USA co-founder being gunned down during an event at Utah Valley University. —James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for gun down

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