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

The family of the woman gunned down last week alongside her prominent Las Vegas attorney husband by her ex-father-in-law is shedding new light on the tragedy, saying the situation could have been avoided. —Stepheny Price, Fox News, 18 Apr. 2024

The authorities were responding with force, gunning down unarmed protesters and detaining activists. —Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024

An elderly couple — married for almost 60 years — was gunned down in their Fort Lauderdale home about two weeks ago. —Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024

Blackie Fontana, who had family ties to a Mexican Mafia member, was gunned down in a still-unsolved double homicide in 2017. —Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024

Hussle was tragically gunned down outside his Crenshaw Marathon Clothing store in March 2019. —Michael Saponara, Billboard, 1 Apr. 2024

The judge’s decision brought relief to the family of Maria and Benison Tran, who were gunned down in their home on September 2022. —Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024

The shooter, Audrey Hale, 28, was gunned down by police. —Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024

Arbery was a 25-year-old Black jogger chased by three white men in Georgia and then gunned down in February 2020. —Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024