tommy-gunned

Definition of tommy-gunnednext
past tense of tommy-gun

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • While in the region, Curiosity recently utilized its onboard Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite, built to search for compounds of the element carbon that are associated with life and investigate ways in which these compounds are generated and destroyed in the Martian ecosphere.
    Leonard David, Space.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • That investigation stemmed from a June 8, 1995, fire that destroyed a ValuJet DC-9 on a runway at Atlanta.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • None of this comes as news to British Jews, still reeling from an attack on a synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur last October, in which two people were killed.
    Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
  • One person was killed and another hospitalized after a stabbing attack in Burbank Monday, according to authorities.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
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
  • Given the need for a potential starter at safety and/or nickel corner, the GM might choose to go after a defensive back in an earlier round than the Panthers did in previous draft weekends.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2026
  • For decades, visitors have been spray-painting the 10 vintage Cadillacs at the site and mulling the transitory nature of time as Bruce Springsteen did in his 1980 song of the same name.
    Susan Montoya Bryan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The suspect fled on foot, but police said his description was dispatched to officers.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • If the car was involved in a collision, a Waymo Roadside Assistance team will be dispatched and emergency services may be automatically called.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In the piece, the Vicar of Christ is felled not by his oppressors but rather by a random cosmic event.
    Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Jeff Shell, now felled from his presidency of Paramount, is living proof.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Vanessa Van Helsing wakes up from a coma to discover that a volcanic eruption has blotted out the sun, letting vampires prey 24/7.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
  • During her first bombing, Ginny had run for shelter into a perfume shop, where the proprietress methodically moved each bottle from the streetfront vitrine into a neat line on the floor as the dust from the percussive bombs blotted out the sun.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The telescope will slew to the rocket in real time.
    Harry Bennett, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The bull slewed around broadside, and a shot through the lungs put it down.
    Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Tommy-gunned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tommy-gunned. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.

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