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as in firearm
a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder
while her father preferred hunting with a crossbow, she preferred a gun
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as in to shoot
to strike with a missile from a gun
traded stories of the Wild West, when outlaws gunned men down in broad daylight and in cold blood
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Recent Examples of gun
Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2025
And to this day, Cecil has the gun Schwartz used to murder Dr. Cook.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 7 Mar. 2025
Pei appears to be gunning for the same kind of appeal with Nothing.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Those communications are of course the smokin’ gun of sorts in this whole shebang.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2025
And to this day, Cecil has the gun Schwartz used to murder Dr. Cook.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
At the roundtable, where contestants try to sniff out and eliminate traitors, Reyes was gunning for Windey as cover for her own season-long deceit.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 7 Mar. 2025
Pei appears to be gunning for the same kind of appeal with Nothing.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gun
Noun
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Authorities found a 9 mm pistol, three additional firearms, ammunition and two suppressors in Santos' bedroom, according to court documents.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Also, on Georgia's public Wildlife Management Areas, tegus can be killed with firearms legal during the current hunting season.—
Cheryl McCloud,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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For instance, the Army has reduced the weight of the caisson, or artillery wagon, from 2,600 pounds to 1,400 pounds to ease some of the strain on the horses and changed the formation of the squad from six horses to 11, so there are back-up horses available, if needed.—
Eleanor Watson,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2025
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And almost every day, in response to this proposal, there are Russian drones, bombs, artillery shelling and ballistic strikes.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Apr. 2025
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They were being led to the Danube by teenagers with rifles.—
Gabra Zackman Emma Kehlbeck Ted Blaisdell,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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In response, Ng fired two shots from his rifle and Koch fired one shot from his handgun.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
3 Apr. 2025
Verb
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For the study, the researchers drilled two-gram samples out of the inner walls of two vessel fragments excavated by Schliemann.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
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The rover drilled the Cumberland sample from an area within a crater called Yellowknife Bay, which resembled an ancient lake bed.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gun. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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