gun down

phrasal verb

gunned down; gunning down; guns down

: to shoot (someone) with a gun

He was gunned down in the street.

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When the dust settled, the lawmen had gunned down four of the Cowboys in an event that became immortalized in books and film as a symbol of the Wild West. —

The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024 The series presents the before-and-after of the night the couple was gunned down in their Brentwood home by their two sons. —

Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Sep. 2024 In 1926, Weiss and his bodyguard were gunned down on the street while walking to fellow gangster Dion O'Banion's flower shop on north State Street. —

Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024 Jacksonville County Sheriff's Office A suspect in the killing of an off-duty Florida sheriff's deputy, who was gunned down at a truck stop while trying to intervene in a domestic battery incident, was captured Sunday in North Carolina, authorities said. —

Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for gun down