gun down

phrasal verb

gunned down; gunning down; guns down

: to shoot (someone) with a gun

He was gunned down in the street.

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Alex Hamzy, who were gunned down outside a Redstone Hill Road home on Oct. 12, 2022, after being lured to the home by 35-year-old Nicholas Brutcher. Brutcher was shot and killed by Officer Alec Iurato, who was shot and wounded but ultimately survived. —

Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2025 Police released photos Wednesday of a man wanted in connection with the slaying of an up-and-coming DJ who was gunned down after a heated argument with a rival Brooklyn dollar van driver. —

Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025 Death by Lightning casts Michael Shannon as the 20th President of the United States, who only six months into his first term was gunned down by Guiteau at a Washington, D.C. railroad station. —

Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 30 Jan. 2025 Authorities in California are searching for a man who allegedly gunned down his daughters' mother and kidnapped the two young girls. —

Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for gun down