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as in firearm
a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder
while her father preferred hunting with a crossbow, she preferred a gun
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as in to shoot
to strike with a missile from a gun
traded stories of the Wild West, when outlaws gunned men down in broad daylight and in cold blood
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Recent Examples of gun
Brian Niemietz, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Eric Dawson, 32, shot and killed Jahmeila Warren, 26, before turning the gun on himself, according to a police press release.
—Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 29 Oct. 2025
Trish Deitch, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Vrabel is gunning for her, her team and anyone standing in his path, sprinkling salt on select wounds along the way.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
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Noun
High schools across Baltimore County last year implemented a gun detection system that uses AI to scan what security cameras are seeing and alert law enforcement when a potential weapon is detected.
—Brian Niemietz, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Eric Dawson, 32, shot and killed Jahmeila Warren, 26, before turning the gun on himself, according to a police press release.
—Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
So Grace is furious, mostly at Kate (because Kate was the messenger, but also because Grace has always disliked Kate for gunning for her job).
—Trish Deitch, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Vrabel is gunning for her, her team and anyone standing in his path, sprinkling salt on select wounds along the way.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gun
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Advertisement What the Supreme Court is considering At issue before the Supreme Court is whether the federal statute barring gun ownership for unlawful drug users is similar enough to other historical restrictions on firearm possession.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
27 Oct. 2025
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Police officers swarmed a 16-year-old high school student last week after an artificial intelligence (AI) gun detection system mistakenly flagged his bag of chips as a firearm, leaving officials and students shaken.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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Pyongyang has reportedly sent troops, artillery and missiles to aid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Preliminary findings indicate that the explosion was caused by a World War II artillery shell that detonated in the apartment, per the police news release.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Camay Mitchell De Silva was staying with a friend on the school's campus in Dover in April 2024 when she was fatally shot, CBS News reported at the time.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
26 Oct. 2025
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Adrian Green was shot by Glendale police officers after aiming a gun at them as shown in body-camera footage.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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At the scene, Salt Lake City police officers found 24-year-old Arturo Gamboa on the ground with a gunshot wound and an AR-15 style rifle nearby.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
29 Oct. 2025
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Sheriff’s officials said investigators found four firearms, including a rifle and a semiautomatic handgun without serial numbers, two additional handguns and a 30-round rifle magazine loaded with armor-piercing ammunition.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Takaichi plans to remove remaining restrictions on weapons exports in an effort to boost the defense industry.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
28 Oct. 2025
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Ice dancers Ren Junfei and Xing Jianing were seen with a large toy version of China’s new DF-61 missile – a huge intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) transported on an eight-axle truck and capable of carrying nuclear weapons – at the Cup of China in Chongqing on Saturday.—
George Ramsay,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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King Charles will reportedly drill it in to Prince Andrew’s head.—
StyleCaster Editors,
StyleCaster,
28 Oct. 2025
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The deep floor of the LUNA testbed allows for sampling and drilling up to nine feet (three meters) below the surface, enabling scientists and engineers to test technologies for resource extraction, mobility and construction.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gun. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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