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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Thompson was gunned down at about 6:44 a.m. on Dec. 4 on Sixth Avenue, near the New York Hilton Midtown, touching off a massive manhunt throughout the Northeast.
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Chloe Atkins, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
Within hours of the announcement, a man was gunned down in D.C.'s Logan Circle neighborhood, according to a report from local affiliate FOX 5 D.C.
The victim, Tymark Wells, 33, was shot multiple times and pronounced dead shortly after the attack, according to the report.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2025
In November 1987, a leader of Chicago’s notorious Black Souls gang purportedly ordered a hit on rival drug dealers, so a group armed with Uzis gunned down two teenagers on Chicago’s West Side.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Investigators say Michael Paul Brown, 45, vanished Friday after gunning down a bartender and three patrons at The Owl Bar in Anaconda – a community of less than 10,000 people nestled between the dense forests and formidable mountains of western Montana.
—Holly Yan, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2025
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Chloe Atkins, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
Within hours of the announcement, a man was gunned down in D.C.'s Logan Circle neighborhood, according to a report from local affiliate FOX 5 D.C.
The victim, Tymark Wells, 33, was shot multiple times and pronounced dead shortly after the attack, according to the report.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2025
In November 1987, a leader of Chicago’s notorious Black Souls gang purportedly ordered a hit on rival drug dealers, so a group armed with Uzis gunned down two teenagers on Chicago’s West Side.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Investigators say Michael Paul Brown, 45, vanished Friday after gunning down a bartender and three patrons at The Owl Bar in Anaconda – a community of less than 10,000 people nestled between the dense forests and formidable mountains of western Montana.
—Holly Yan, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Gun down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gun%20down. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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