machine-gunned

verb

Definition of machine-gunnednext
past tense of machine-gun
as in killed

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  1. destroyed
  2. massacred
  3. dispatched
Verb
  • More than half of the deaths were in North Carolina, where several feet of fast-moving water destroyed entire communities.
    NBC News, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The wineries surrounding this area did suffer some damage, but only one had a portion of its vineyards destroyed.
    Jessica Dupuy, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of destroyed
Verb
  • The current conflict on the Lebanese border began last October 8th—the day after Hamas militants from Gaza massacred twelve hundred people in southern Israel and took a couple of hundred more hostage—when Hezbollah began firing rockets into the northern part of the country.
    Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
  • October 7th, Hamas terrorists massacred over 1400 Israelis and took prisoners.
    Stefan Becket, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of massacred
Verb
  • Joan pulled it together and dispatched three suitors in the rose ceremony.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Officers were dispatched after a neighbor called 911 to report that Perez had cut the wires to the complex’s fire alarm system.
    Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of dispatched
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machine gun

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machine-gunning

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