Definition of gunshot
1 : shot or a projectile fired from a gun
2 : the range of a gun
3 : the firing of a gun
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Examples of gunshot in a Sentence
He was killed by a gunshot to the head.
Recent Examples of gunshot from the Web
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The Latest on gunshots and explosions at a mall, casino and hotel complex in the Philippines (all times local): 5 a.m.
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Within minutes the three men were dead from multiple gunshot wounds, according to city officials in Greenville, Tex.
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Miami Beach Police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez says two Miami-Dade County men suffered gunshot wounds in the dispute late Sunday along a popular stretch of Ocean Drive.
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The pair of brothers were also the brothers of Murad al Adhal, who survived the May 23 raid with a gunshot wound.
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Officers responded to reports of gunshots and found an unconscious man shot multiple times lying in a grassy courtyard where a large group of young people had been gathered.
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The woman heard gunshots and then realized she had been shot in the lower back, police Officer Robert Heims said.
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Inside the vehicle, officers found the woman shot to death and the 19-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds, police said.
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On Wednesday (May 24) morning at approximately 9:47 a.m. Mobile police found Newcomb lying on the floor of a hotel room with a fatal gunshot wound.
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15th Century
First Known Use of gunshot
15th century
GUNSHOT Defined for English Language Learners
gunshot
playDefinition of gunshot for English Language Learners
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: bullets fired from a gun
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: the firing of a gun
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: the distance that a bullet fired from a gun can travel
GUNSHOT Defined for Kids
gunshot
playDefinition of gunshot for Students
1 : a shot from a gun
2 : the distance that can be reached by a gun
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