gunshot
noun
gun·shot
ˈgən-ˌshät 
1
: shot or a projectile fired from a gun
2
: the range of a gun
3
: the firing of a gun
Examples of gunshot in a Sentence
He was killed by a gunshot to the head.
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Initially, police reported no injuries from the Castleton Square Mall shooting, but later a man arrived at a hospital with what officers identified as gunshot wounds.
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Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
The family was found dead of gunshot wounds at their residence on the morning of May 11.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Three years ago around the holidays, Killeen Mall was also the site of a shooting that left one man injured with multiple gunshot wounds and sent shoppers scurrying for safety.
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Doctors have treated children as young as four years old for gunshot wounds and trauma.
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Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
The family was found dead of gunshot wounds at their residence on the morning of May 11.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Three years ago around the holidays, Killeen Mall was also the site of a shooting that left one man injured with multiple gunshot wounds and sent shoppers scurrying for safety.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
Doctors have treated children as young as four years old for gunshot wounds and trauma.
—Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Gunshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunshot. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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gunshot
noun
gun·shot
-ˌshät
1
: shot fired from a gun
2
: the range of a gun
within gunshot
3
: the firing of a gun
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