gun down

verb

gunned down; gunning down; guns down
: to shoot (someone) with a gun
He was gunned down in the street.

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Detectives arrested a man Tuesday who’s accused of gunning down another man outside a Miami Gardens convenience store almost two years ago. David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026 Wallace, who was gunned down on March 9, 1997, outside a VIBE Magazine afterparty at the Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, has a case that seems to have stalled. Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 2 Sep. 2026 First, Tupac Shakur was gunned down on the Las Vegas Strip in 1996. Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 The vehicle was gunned down by someone in a white Cadillac with Davis, Anderson and two other men inside. Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gun down

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“Gun down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gun%20down. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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