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
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He was killed by a gunshot to the head.
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Morson is accused in the shooting death of 20-year-old Keshawn Cage, who police found with a gunshot wound to the head back in October.
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Officers found a man, later identified as Williams, with at least one gunshot wound, police said.
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Stepheny Price, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2025
Police discovered two people inside the station who had sustained fatal gunshot wounds.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
Officers found a man, later identified as Williams, with at least one gunshot wound, police said.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 14 Feb. 2025
Police said the suspect was slightly injured but did not have a gunshot wound.
—Carlo Angerer, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Gunshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunshot. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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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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