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
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He was killed by a gunshot to the head.
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Officers found Bradford laying the street with gunshot wounds, Gonzalez said.
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2025
About a half hour later, a 25-year-old man showed up at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center suffering from a gunshot wound to the abdomen, police said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025
Responding officers found a 33-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his buttocks.
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The body had a gunshot wound to the head and similar physical characteristics to Peay, but was too decomposed for investigators to identify it.
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Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2025
About a half hour later, a 25-year-old man showed up at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center suffering from a gunshot wound to the abdomen, police said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025
Responding officers found a 33-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his buttocks.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025
The body had a gunshot wound to the head and similar physical characteristics to Peay, but was too decomposed for investigators to identify it.
—Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Gunshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunshot. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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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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