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
Examples of gunshot in a Sentence
He was killed by a gunshot to the head.
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The approximately 2,000 attendees of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner had barely dug into their spring pea and burrata salad when a series of apparent gunshots rang out on the other side of the doors to the ballroom at the Washington Hilton.
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The 2026 White House Correspondents’ Dinner was forced to wrap early after gunshots were heard from outside the event.
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
The 20-year-old had gunshot wounds to the body and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was later pronounced dead.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
The 2026 White House Correspondents’ Dinner was forced to wrap early after gunshots were heard from outside the event.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
Officers said each of the three victims found in the Stetson Hills neighborhood had at least one gunshot wound.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Gunshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunshot. Accessed 28 Apr. 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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