MACHINE-GUNNING Synonyms: 35 Similar Words

machine-gunning

verb

present participle of machine-gun

as in killing

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In that case, authorities believe the mother was responsible for slaying the family and then killing herself.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Critics didn’t shy away from directly accusing Starmer’s government of essentially killing pensioners.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026

Definition of killing

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After flying toward a naval target over the Black Sea, the aircraft launched one of the supersonic missiles from a stand-off distance exceeding 120 kilometers, successfully destroying its target.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
Los Angeles Fire Department arson investigators are probing a destructive fire that ripped through a Sun Valley strip mall early Sunday morning, destroying a beloved family-run market.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 14 July 2026

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Atalanta’s De Ketelaere scored his first goals of the tournament, dispatching two from close range, while the metronomic Youri Tielemens was excellent in a slightly more advanced midfield role.

— Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 July 2026
And the first round this year certainly had its shining moments – from demolishing Paraguay to tidily dispatching Australia.

— Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2026

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In that case, authorities believe the mother was responsible for slaying the family and then killing herself.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
The new team, nicknamed the Vatreni (the blazers or the fiery ones), was considered a rank outsider, and few expected the masterful giant-slaying campaign that Croatia delivered.

— Tushaar Kuthiala, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 June 2026

Definition of slaying

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Disease had significantly weakened Tenochtitlán’s ability to withstand Cortés’s siege, and the Europeans eventually wore the Aztec warriors down and broke through the city’s defenses, slaughtering the Aztecs and destroying the city.

— Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 June 2026
Later on, plundering Barbary pirates raided Mallorca, looting possessions, slaughtering inhabitants and capturing others for the slave trade.

— Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 27 May 2026

Definition of slaughtering

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Nawrocki this month stripped Zelenskyy of Poland’s highest state honor, because Zelenskyy named a military unit after a Ukrainian paramilitary organization accused of massacring Poles during the war.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 June 2026
President Karol Nawrocki decided to strip Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle over the Ukrainian leader’s decision to name a military unit after a Ukrainian paramilitary organization accused of massacring Poles during World War II.

— Claudia Ciobanu, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026

Definition of massacring

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Chess is about annihilating your opponent.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 June 2026
However, this new research showed that these point sources, including pulsars, would be extremely faint, and that is good news for scientists who favor annihilating dark matter as the cause of these gamma rays.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 June 2026

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