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

Witnesses say the group was gunned down near a facility operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a U.S.- and Israeli-backed organization that took over aid distribution in late May. —Amanda Castro shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025

Just a few days after their parents and beloved dog Gilbert were maliciously gunned down in their home during the early hours of June 14, Sophie and Colin have extended to America a path back to civility. —Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025

Two years after he was gunned down, the homicide case remains unsolved. —Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025

Ten years ago in Charleston, South Carolina, a white supremacist gunned down nine people at a Bible study inside Mother Emanuel AME Church, the oldest Black church in the South. —Mark Strassmann, CBS News, 17 June 2025

Rhymes for gun down

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