gunshot
noun
gun·shot
ˈgən-ˌshät 
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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He was killed by a gunshot to the head.
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Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Minutes later, after hearing the gunshot, Kovac ran to Zwerner’s classroom.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Deputy Nunez, 28, died from a gunshot to the head, authorities said.
—Joseph Wilkinson, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
At the scene, Salt Lake City police officers found 24-year-old Arturo Gamboa on the ground with a gunshot wound and an AR-15 style rifle nearby.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gunshot
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“Gunshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunshot. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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gunshot
noun
gun·shot
-ˌshät
1
: shot fired from a gun
2
: the range of a gun
within gunshot
3
: the firing of a gun
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