Thesaurus results for GUNNED

gunned

verb

past tense of gun

as in drilled

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 gunned In a playoff win against Escondido Charter, Kyles dived to her left, quickly sprang to her feet and gunned out the batter. —

Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026 Cruising along at 9-of-10, Maye gunned two more passes to Douglas and beat instant pressure with a slant completion to Brown. —

Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 June 2026 Underscoring the stakes for Louisville residents is the March fatal shooting of a 28-year-old woman named Katelyn Hall, who was experiencing a mental health crisis when police gunned her down in her own apartment. —

Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 2 June 2026 Although, after the rapid-fire fundraise by Anthropic — a near triple from February, not easy when your prior valuation was already north of $300 billion — things seem pretty shot-gunned. —

Jim Cramer, CNBC, 31 May 2026 About noon Larry gunned the Maule — heavily loaded with moose meat — to a heart-stopping takeoff from the makeshift strip. —

Ben East, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026 Cobb Vanth The old-fashioned cowboy wore Boba Fett's armor and weapons as the marshal of Mos Pelgo on Tatooine and was an loyal ally of the Mando – until Cad Bane gunned him down in cold blood. —

Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 May 2026 Police say Rickman, as seen in dashcam video, shoved his relative out of the driver's seat and onto the pavement, gunned the engine and took off. —

Paul Larosa, CBS News, 3 May 2026 The Eisenhower administration wanted Trujillo removed but ultimately a group of Dominican dissidents gunned him down. —

Ryan Lucas, NPR, 17 Mar. 2026

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Mitchell came down on the next play and drilled a step-back jumper over Gray, which was a sign of things to come.

— James Boyd, New York Times, 5 June 2026
His versatile shot-making was on full display down the stretch in Game 1, as Brunson repeatedly drove to the basket — particularly when shot-blocking Spurs center Victor Wembanyama was on the bench — and also drilled the game-winning 3-pointer.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 5 June 2026