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 lieutenant suffered one gunshot wound that entered near his shoulder and exited his back.
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updated February 17, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Feb. 2026
As the years went on, many challenges were increasingly viewed with derision, including a photo shoot in which contestants were made up to be different races and another in which a contestant whose mother had been shot and paralyzed was made to pose as a gunshot victim.
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Facko’s cause of death was listed in the Cook County medical examiner’s report as multiple gunshot wounds.
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Emerson Clarridge
updated February 17, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Feb. 2026
As the years went on, many challenges were increasingly viewed with derision, including a photo shoot in which contestants were made up to be different races and another in which a contestant whose mother had been shot and paralyzed was made to pose as a gunshot victim.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
Facko’s cause of death was listed in the Cook County medical examiner’s report as multiple gunshot wounds.
—Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
Another man, also 24, showed up at the same hospital by private means with a gunshot wound to his foot.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
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“Gunshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunshot. Accessed 22 Feb. 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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