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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There, investigators found James Smith, 19, in the driver’s seat of a black Chrysler 300 with injuries to his face and a gunshot wound to his chest.
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Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2026
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Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2026
Police found the 18-year-old with a gunshot wound to the groin.
—Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026
Deputies arrived and found a man, later identified as Valle, with gunshot wounds.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 24 Mar. 2026
Rita Marie Jackson was found dead from gunshot wounds on the patio of her northeast Arlington apartment.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Mar. 2026
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“Gunshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunshot. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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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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