tommy-gunned

past tense of tommy-gun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tommy-gunned
Verb
  • Oren Amir, founder of Go Home Builders in Los Angeles, said some of his rebuilding projects in Altadena, where residential areas were destroyed by January’s wildfires, have been delayed by conflicting guidance from the city on rooftop solar panel requirements.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Shipments may not be delivered, or even destroyed, as shipping companies seek information required to adhere to new tariffs.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There’s no due process here, either; the three triumvirs don’t get their hands dirty, their decisions can’t be appealed, and there’s no public process by which those to be killed will be identified before the decision is final.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Five people were killed and one was injured in five vehicle crashes on Arkansas roads from Saturday through Wednesday, according to preliminary police reports.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Buckeyes benefited from a pair of penalties, including a face mask call on Colin Simmons that wiped out an incomplete pass on third-and-4.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The Buckeyes benefitted from a pair of penalties, including a face-mask call on Colin Simmons that wiped out an incomplete pass on third-and-4.
    Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Covington police said the incident did in fact occur at Holmes High School, part of Covington Independent Public Schools.
    Grace Tucker, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Very few English clubs did in those days; even most of the bigger sides relied primarily on agent tip-offs or media coverage to alert them to exciting talents elsewhere in Europe.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Nicholas is dispatched to find the identity of the owner and locate a telephone.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • According to the Cincinnati Fire Department, 37 firefighters were dispatched to the bridge to attempt to rescue him.
    Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The trees had already been felled and piled by the landowner; the log piles were initially slated to be burned to reduce the fire hazard.
    Syris Valentine, Scientific American, 16 Oct. 2025
  • This was the club felled by Pete Alonso’s shocking home run last autumn.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Urban skyglow has robbed many of us of our night skies and the vast majority of the population of the United States now lives in regions where the stars are mostly blotted out by excessive lighting.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Childhood photos are also here, bearing the red time stamp from the 1990s and family members whose faces have been blotted out.
    Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • If there is any unevenness in wear the bomb will slew to one side and curve away from a straight path.
    David Hambling, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
  • The 'Planetarium View' shows users a representation of the night sky, and tapping on an object gives you the option to slew the telescope to it directly.
    Gemma Lavender, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Tommy-gunned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tommy-gunned. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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