gun down
phrasal verb
gunned down; gunning down; guns down
: to shoot (someone) with a gun
He was gunned down in the street.
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The former film, from Joshua Seftel, follows CBS correspondent Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp on an essay project into the bedrooms of kids gunned down in school shootings, their private worlds heartbreakingly preserved by their families.
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
The Satanic Slasher's got a heck of a body count already when he’s pulled over by cops for a routine traffic stop, and Kansas highway patrol officer Jane Archer (Georgina Campbell) watches her husband get gunned down in cold blood in front of her.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
As the man accused of gunning down Beech Grove Police Department Officer Brian Elliott was escorted into court, the handcuffs snapped around his wrist held quiet significance.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 20 Feb. 2026
Police identified a suspect Thursday in the fatal shooting of Sincere Campbell, a 17-year-old boy who was gunned down outside a deli a block away from his family’s Bronx home in 2024.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2026
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
The Satanic Slasher's got a heck of a body count already when he’s pulled over by cops for a routine traffic stop, and Kansas highway patrol officer Jane Archer (Georgina Campbell) watches her husband get gunned down in cold blood in front of her.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026
As the man accused of gunning down Beech Grove Police Department Officer Brian Elliott was escorted into court, the handcuffs snapped around his wrist held quiet significance.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 20 Feb. 2026
Police identified a suspect Thursday in the fatal shooting of Sincere Campbell, a 17-year-old boy who was gunned down outside a deli a block away from his family’s Bronx home in 2024.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Gun down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gun%20down. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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