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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Authorities say Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down a UnitedHealthcare executive in the streets of Manhattan earlier this month, used a ghost gun with a silencer.
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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
After Thompson was gunned down, police said, Mangione ran off, rode into Central Park on a bike, ditched it on the Upper West Side, then took a taxi to the Port Authority bus terminal near the George Washington Bridge and escaped from the city.
—Rocco Parascandola, Twin Cities, 11 Dec. 2024
The contestants play elaborate, lethal versions of children’s games, with the losing players being gunned down by a team of armed enforcers in bright pink jumpsuits.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Mangione is accused of gunning down Thompson outside New York Hilton Midtown, where the CEO was set to address an annual investors meeting.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 19 Dec. 2024
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Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
After Thompson was gunned down, police said, Mangione ran off, rode into Central Park on a bike, ditched it on the Upper West Side, then took a taxi to the Port Authority bus terminal near the George Washington Bridge and escaped from the city.
—Rocco Parascandola, Twin Cities, 11 Dec. 2024
The contestants play elaborate, lethal versions of children’s games, with the losing players being gunned down by a team of armed enforcers in bright pink jumpsuits.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Mangione is accused of gunning down Thompson outside New York Hilton Midtown, where the CEO was set to address an annual investors meeting.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Gun down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gun%20down. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.
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