machine-gunned

verb

past tense of machine-gun
as in killed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for machine-gunned
  1. killed
  2. destroyed
  3. massacred
  4. slaughtered
  5. dispatched
  6. felled
  7. butchered
Verb
  • One person was killed in a strike on Riyadh airport, a Saudia Airlines plane was reportedly in flames, and hundreds of flights have been canceled.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • That changes when Ma is killed rescuing children whom terrorists are forcing to become suicide bombers.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of killed
Verb
  • Climate change was considered a factor in the December 2021 wildfire that destroyed Somauroo's home, after the county's suit was originally filed.
    — LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Climate change was considered a factor in the 2021 Marshall Fire that destroyed Somauroo’s home, after the county's suit was originally filed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of destroyed
Verb
  • The people in Silo 17 were brutally massacred by the members of Silo 1.
    — Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The latest planeload landed last week, four days after armed gangs massacred dozens of people in the hills above Port-au-Prince.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of massacred
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  • Fifteen people were slaughtered, including relatives of Maram, and some of her neighbors.
    — Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Already, in South Africa, an ostrich flock that survives bird flu would only be quarantined and rigorously tested for reinfection, not slaughtered.
    — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of slaughtered
Verb
  • Wild Horse Nine stars Malkovich and Rockwell as Chris and Lee, longtime CIA partners stationed in Santiago, Chile who are dispatched to Easter Island by their bureau chief (Steve Buscemi).
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
  • American diplomats have been dispatched to persuade allies and partners of the United States to work with Washington to restrict the spread of Chinese technology.
    — DAVID S. COHEN, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of dispatched
Verb
  • Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.
    — Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Vines are pulled away from fences, and sometimes trees are even felled.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2026
Definition of felled
Verb
  • Then, in 1863, a collection of Missouri Confederate Bushwhackers led by William Quantrill rode into Lawrence and butchered 150 men and boys.
    — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Cut marks and scrapes made by flint knives at consistent locations on the bones indicate local humans butchered many of them for meals.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of butchered
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“Machine-gunned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machine-gunned. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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