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.
Recent Examples on the Web
The subsequent shooting less than five hours later at the Salerno apartments left one person dead and a 24-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his face, Molina said.
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Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2024
The only surviving gunshot victim told police that Watkins then pulled out a gun and opened fire on everybody in the vehicle.
—The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2024
Manrique heard gunshots and glass shattering, then screams.
—Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2024
In another in May last year, an off-duty officer responded to a shooting along Interstate 70 near Grain Valley and tended to a man’s gunshot wounds.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2024
Upon arrival, officers located a male victim in a driveway suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and attempted to perform life-saving measures, police said in the release.
—Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2024
Police responded to a shooting in Northeast D.C. at around 6 p.m. in the Carver Langston neighborhood and found multiple people with gunshot wounds, Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela A. Smith said at a press briefing Wednesday.
—Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
Court documents say gunshots were fired at six others who were not wounded.
—Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 11 Apr. 2024
The suspect, a 26-year-old man from Clearlake Oaks in Lake County, drove to the restaurant and fired one gunshot into the air from a semi-automatic handgun in the parking lot, police said in the news release.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 10 Apr. 2024
Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2024
The only surviving gunshot victim told police that Watkins then pulled out a gun and opened fire on everybody in the vehicle.
—The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2024
Manrique heard gunshots and glass shattering, then screams.
—Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2024
In another in May last year, an off-duty officer responded to a shooting along Interstate 70 near Grain Valley and tended to a man’s gunshot wounds.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2024
Upon arrival, officers located a male victim in a driveway suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and attempted to perform life-saving measures, police said in the release.
—Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2024
Police responded to a shooting in Northeast D.C. at around 6 p.m. in the Carver Langston neighborhood and found multiple people with gunshot wounds, Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela A. Smith said at a press briefing Wednesday.
—Sarah Al-Arshani, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
Court documents say gunshots were fired at six others who were not wounded.
—Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 11 Apr. 2024
The suspect, a 26-year-old man from Clearlake Oaks in Lake County, drove to the restaurant and fired one gunshot into the air from a semi-automatic handgun in the parking lot, police said in the news release.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 10 Apr. 2024
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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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