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 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 His two foot soldiers now riddled with bullets had bombed the Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson on a foggy night nine months earlier and were en route to bomb a Jewish leader’s home when police gunned them down. —

Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 4 Feb. 2026 Reading the water’s depth from its color, Parrish slow-gunned the outboard motor through the sandbars as turtles fled from our bow wave. —

Henry Wismayer, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026 As usual, Florida was out-gunned by nearly 25% from 3. —

Noah White, Miami Herald, 10 Dec. 2025 Alexander gunned from the outfield to Moreno at the dish, and Narváez was out to end the inning. —

Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025

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Verb

Koss, getting just his 14th plate appearance of the season, was drilled in the left shoulder area in the bottom of the ninth by Pittsburgh’s Cam Sanders and removed from the ballgame.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 10 May 2026
Johannes then drilled a transition 3-pointer that got the home crowd fired up, though the Sun still managed to outscore the Liberty 23-21 in the third.

— Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026