as in shoots
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 guns
Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
Both trials raise questions about who is responsible when children with access to guns carry out school shootings, a pervasive problem across the country.
—Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
Strong language, guns and more await you.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
Kibbutz Be’eri resident and triathlete Meydan was saved while out biking on October 7 by Bedouin worker Hisham Alkarnawi as Hamas fighters closed in, guns blazing.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
Avoid props such as toy guns, which can look real.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 30 Oct. 2025
Bigelow and her screenwriter Noah Oppenheim stand by their (literal) guns.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
Police arrested two 19-year-old suspects and recovered three guns in connection with the shooting at the university, according to FOX 5.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Last year, the Supreme Court upheld a law banning individuals with domestic violence restraining orders from owning guns.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
Jack Dunn, Variety, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
Guests are immersed into a storyline and given laser guns that shoot at different characters.
—Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
Both trials raise questions about who is responsible when children with access to guns carry out school shootings, a pervasive problem across the country.
—Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
Strong language, guns and more await you.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
Kibbutz Be’eri resident and triathlete Meydan was saved while out biking on October 7 by Bedouin worker Hisham Alkarnawi as Hamas fighters closed in, guns blazing.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
Avoid props such as toy guns, which can look real.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 30 Oct. 2025
Bigelow and her screenwriter Noah Oppenheim stand by their (literal) guns.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
Police arrested two 19-year-old suspects and recovered three guns in connection with the shooting at the university, according to FOX 5.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Last year, the Supreme Court upheld a law banning individuals with domestic violence restraining orders from owning guns.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
One dog manages to escape the store, but Noem quickly catches up to it and brutally guns it down.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guns
Noun
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The United States has imposed sanctions on eight North Korean individuals and two entities, accusing them of laundering funds from cybercrime and fraud and channeling them into the North’s nuclear weapons program.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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The weapons are made from anything inmates could get their hands on, such as pieces of a desk or light fixture.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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While Garfield is walking through Washington’s Baltimore and Potomac train station with his two sons and Blaine (then Secretary of State), Guiteau shoots the President in the back.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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In Argentina, the journey to the Devil’s Throat begins aboard the open-air Ecological Train and ends at a balcony that shoots out over the falls.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Experts from the Royal United Services Institute have urged NATO countries to maintain focus on traditional artillery and aircraft.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 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
Verb
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The state also limited preseason contact drills to six hours total and banned spring and summer practices.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
20 Oct. 2025
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If New England drills the Dolphins, head coach Mike McDaniel might not make it to Week 3.—
Jon Greenberg,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The militants have seized large amounts of weaponry from government forces and demonstrated their ability to use drones, says the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), which analyzes terrorist groups.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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That’s how troublesome Miami’s arsenal of weaponry has become.—
Omar Kelly
Updated October 31,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Guns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guns. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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