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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Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean, 15 Oct. 2025
These injuries included burns, gunshot wounds and fractures.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
The people who were shot suffered minor gunshot wounds, the chief said.
—Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2025
The smoke, the fires, the gunshots, the chaos, the terror, the grief — all of it appears in gut-wrenching detail.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Gunshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunshot. Accessed 22 Oct. 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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