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 basic set-up is that Lolita (Christine Carmela) has come to a faceless office called PROMESA with a handgun, planning to gun down the bureaucrats who are not acting in the best interest of the Puerto Rican people. —Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 May 2025

After he was gunned down by police, McCurdy’s body laid unclaimed in an Oklahoma funeral home for months. —Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025

Abby, a former Firefly and the daughter of the doctor Joel gunned down in the season 1 finale, tracked down her father's killer and beat him to death with a golf club, killing off one of the show's two lead characters. —Nick Romano, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2025

Mangione, 26, faces murder and stalking charges filed by federal prosecutors, who accuse him of gunning down Thompson on a Midtown Manhattan street on Dec. 4. —Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for gun down

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