gunshot
228
2.3
- noun
- /ˈɡʌnˌʃɑt/
:
disparo
- Yuan Xiaopeng, 23, was found dead after residents nearby reported hearing gunshots on Friday.
- a gunshot wound
- gunshots fired
- gunshot injuries
And now we know the consequences of that gunshot wound earlier.
- And now we know the consequences of that gunshot wound earlier.
- So there was a huge pool of blood from the gunshot wound that didn't actually happen.
- I took two gunshot wounds, couple of other people took gunshot wounds.
- And what he did is we waited until he was recovered from the gunshots and and Ali sat across the table from him and talked.
- That's why the effects of gunshot wounds or other traumatic injury to the brain seem to be fairly permanent at times.
- There he was on the lobby floor with three gunshots, bleeding that lobby for Red.
- Ricky Williams could have withstood those gunshots to the way he ran that dude.
- And is the reason why the Rangers where there is a gunshot, that's where we want to go.
Examples
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The men killed at the club... one died of gunshot wounds.
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One casualty had a gunshot wound to the shoulder, and one had a gunshot wound to the foot.
Academic text (2017) -
A few days later, the patient committed suicide by gunshot to the chest.
Academic text (2007) -
How many gunshots did I hear?
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She died of the gunshot.
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The body of Quill had sustained five gunshot wounds.
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All available units, reports of multiple gunshots in the vicinity of Jane and Washington.
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No one had come to investigate the gunshot, and the night clerk was dozing behind the counter.
Fiction book (1992) -
The third casualty, Matthew Bradford Smith, had a gunshot wound to the leg which severed his femoral artery.
Academic text (2017) -
He was treated for a gunshot wound after the incident occurred.
Synonyms
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2.3
Firing a bullet or explosive from a weapon
350
2.3
Firing a gun for practice or sport
204
2.5
The sound or act of shooting guns
154
4.4
The firing of a weapon used to start a race or give a salute
14
3.0
The act of shooting a gun
10
5.5
A single shot made when a gun or weapon fires
1
8.6
A shot fired from a hidden place, often by a sniper
1
3.7
A single firing of a rifle that makes a loud sound
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gunshot is simply made from the two English words gun and shot, and a 'shot' means the act of firing or the bullet that is fired. So a gunshot can mean the firing of a gun or the bullet that comes out.