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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Alvarado-Mendoza is accused of gunning down Carter, remembered by friends as caring and funny, at Joseph Lee Park, which is behind Patterson High, in the afternoon of March 6, 2023.
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Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 3 July 2024
Kennedy was on track to win more delegates than anti-war candidate Sen. Eugene McCarthy when he was gunned down just after his speech following his victory in the California primary.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 28 June 2024
Bady is accused of gunning down Dickey inside her Lawrence Street home on Friday, the same day she was supposed to graduate, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan told reporters during a press conference on Monday.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
Melly was caught on surveillance video leaving a Fort Lauderdale recording studio with two of his childhood friends, both aspiring rappers with the YNW collective, just before they were gunned down.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 June 2024
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Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 3 July 2024
Kennedy was on track to win more delegates than anti-war candidate Sen. Eugene McCarthy when he was gunned down just after his speech following his victory in the California primary.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 28 June 2024
Bady is accused of gunning down Dickey inside her Lawrence Street home on Friday, the same day she was supposed to graduate, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan told reporters during a press conference on Monday.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
Melly was caught on surveillance video leaving a Fort Lauderdale recording studio with two of his childhood friends, both aspiring rappers with the YNW collective, just before they were gunned down.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 June 2024
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“Gun down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gun%20down. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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