gun down

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

A couple in their late 70s gunned down their son-in-law in a California city park over the weekend, authorities said, and court documents showed the victim had been in a bitter custody dispute with their daughter. — Terry Chea, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026

Victim Jonathan McKinsey’s elderly in-laws are suspected of gunning down the 40-year-old director of engineering for the New York Times Games section. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026

The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office has identified the woman gunned down by her stalker outside a Howe Avenue restaurant as Shalini Thakur, 38, officials announced Thursday. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Some of us sat on benches in the center of the dorm, watching ESPN highlights of Houston Texan games; others watched ABC News on another TV, where an ICE agent gunned down a white woman in her SUV. — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for gun down

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