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
  4. felled
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  • Helene destroyed homes and roads, stranded residents without phone service and water, and claimed the lives of nearly 250 people throughout the Southeast.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Lauren Sommer was one of the first reporters in Lahaina after the extreme wildfire destroyed homes and took lives.
    NPR Staff, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of destroyed
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  • After 1099, when Christian armies conquered Jerusalem in the First Crusade and massacred the city’s Muslim and Jewish inhabitants, some 50,000 Jews reportedly fled to Damascus, making up nearly a third of residents.
    Bassem Mroue, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Listen to this article Loading your audio article A former prison guard trainee who massacred five women at a Florida bank in 2019 was sentenced to death on Monday.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of massacred
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  • Additionally, Azerbaijani authorities have dispatched a high-level delegation, including the country’s Emergency Situations Minister and Deputy General Prosecutor, to Aktau to lead an on-site investigation.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2024
  • The New York Times, citing Libyan officers, reported that Russia had dispatched cargo planes loaded with military equipment to Libya.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of dispatched
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  • Tent poles, for instance, are made from trees that have been naturally felled by elephants, and the whole camp runs on solar power.
    Nicholas DeRenzo, AFAR Media, 18 Dec. 2024
  • President Bashar al-Assad, and his late father and predecessor, Hafez, were omnipresent forces, glaring down from the many billboards, posters, and statues that were felled this week with all the exuberance, rage, and grief of the long-oppressed.
    Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of felled
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