tommy-gunned

verb

past tense of tommy-gun
as in destroyed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tommy-gunned
  1. destroyed
  2. killed
  3. wiped out
  4. did in
  5. dispatched
  6. felled
  7. blotted out
  8. slew
Verb
  • Residents of one village in the Gironde region of France returned to find their homes charred and destroyed by the wildfire which has ripped through them.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 26 July 2026
  • Yet with a lack of funds, officials halted further work, leaving the stands partially destroyed and deserted.
    — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
Definition of destroyed
Verb
  • Though the World Cup avoided issues with ICE raids at stadiums, the agency this summer has been responsible for shootings that killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston and Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine.
    — Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • The state, then called Vargas, had another natural disaster in 1999, when landslides killed thousands.
    — Syra Ortiz-Blanes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Definition of killed
Verb
  • The two once presented a live demo minutes after a computer cloud crash wiped out their materials, winning anyway after Andreou pitched the product entirely from memory.
    — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 27 June 2026
  • Widespread flooding across Kentucky has left at least four dead Saturday, prompting dozens of rescues after heavy rains wiped out bridges, inundated roads and flooded homes, with more significant rainfall on the way.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 27 June 2026
Definition of wiped out
Verb
  • In the spirit of what Yuri Lowenthal (Peter Parker) did in Insomniac’s Spider-Man games, McIntyre sought to draw influences from all the different Wolverine stories out there to create something new.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026
  • Most of all, the finale did in miniature what the season has done throughout — pull the rug out from under Paula, and from under the viewers, by presenting a set of facts, and then revealing just how much more lies underneath.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 15 July 2026
Definition of did in
Verb
  • On Monday, the Philippine military says a China Coast Guard ship dispatched a smaller boat that approached the Sierra Madre.
    — Ivan Watson, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • The Israeli military ⁠said it had been dispatched to the area, southwest of the Palestinian city of Nablus, after reports of an attack on Israeli civilians who were hiking there.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 24 July 2026
Definition of dispatched
Verb
  • But the traps that felled Starmer lurk in most issues Burnham must tackle.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • Spain came into the game unbeaten in 36 games and took the lead from the penalty spot when Lucas Digne swung a leg without looking and felled Lamine Yamal.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of felled
Verb
  • Californians suffered from terrible air quality, struggling to breathe amid the COVID-19 pandemic as a sooty plume blotted out the sun.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
  • Now, fireflies have become scarce, the July nights have grown too hot for comfort, and the summer skies are often blotted out by smoke.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Definition of blotted out
Verb
  • Antinous shocked even the other suitors by insulting and assaulting an elderly beggar; when the beggar revealed himself as Odysseus and slew the suitors, Antinous was the first to die.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026
  • The huge beast tried to slew around as the shot, striking like a ball, blinded both eyes.
    — Anton Money, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
Definition of slew
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