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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The cause of death, a gunshot wound to the head, was established on Sunday, police said.
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 8 July 2024
Most homicide victims in Chicago died as the result of gunshot wounds.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2024
Boisvert said officers responded to an address on Charter Oak Place just before 2 a.m. Sunday on the report of a shooting and found a woman in her 20s suffering from a gunshot wound.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2024
Two other people − a man and a woman − also suffered gunshot wounds in the Thursday night shooting in Temple Hills, an unincorporated community located in Prince George's County in Maryland.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 8 July 2024
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 8 July 2024
Most homicide victims in Chicago died as the result of gunshot wounds.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2024
Boisvert said officers responded to an address on Charter Oak Place just before 2 a.m. Sunday on the report of a shooting and found a woman in her 20s suffering from a gunshot wound.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2024
Two other people − a man and a woman − also suffered gunshot wounds in the Thursday night shooting in Temple Hills, an unincorporated community located in Prince George's County in Maryland.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 8 July 2024
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“Gunshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunshot. Accessed 15 Jul. 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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