machine-gunning

present participle of machine-gun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for machine-gunning
Verb
  • Most of the strikes occur in the summer, killing 20 people each year, according to the NWS.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The emergency services Loeb was hearing were headed to the nearby Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue, where an assailant rammed a car into people before stabbing several members of the community, killing two.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Since then, the Internet has gone about its immemorial business of destroying all incumbent forms of media; not content with vampirizing print, the digital space began sucking the life from pay-TV a dozen years ago.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Critics say returning the company without meaningful payment undercuts accountability and the compensatory purpose of the judgments; others note trustees and Judge Lopez have to avoid value-destroying, prolonged processes.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Earlier this month, the city passed an ordinance giving up city dispatching to Phillips County.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Investigators reported that an alarm system alerted ride workers of an issue and prevented the operators from dispatching the ride.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The forces of the lords put down the revolt by slaying somewhere between seventy thousand and a hundred thousand peasants.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
  • That anger was repeatedly cast beyond Tyler Robinson, the Utah man charged with slaying Kirk whose name went unsaid throughout the day’s services.
    Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Some discussed potential restrictions included the ban of roosters, the ban of slaughtering chickens and requirements around upkeep.
    R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
  • These small banks are slaughtering the low expectations the market set for them.
    Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The visitors ended up massacring a village, which left her devastated.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Oh, and stopping the Soviets from annihilating the world.
    Vulture Editors, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
  • As a result, Israel preserved its existence without annihilating vast opposition forces.
    ANDRIY ZAGORODNYUK, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His latest film, Ocean with David Attenborough, was released in May 2025 just before the United Nations Ocean Conference, showcasing the wonder of underwater habitats while exposing how destructive fishing practices are decimating marine life.
    Elisabeth Brier, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Apart from decimating hundreds of species, the construction of an airport, a power plant, a ship repair yard, and a township will also cut off the tiny Shompen tribe from much of their habitat.
    M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Machine-gunning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machine-gunning. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.

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