gunshot
pronunciation
How to pronounce gunshot in British English:
UK [ˈgʌnʃɒt]
How to pronounce gunshot in American English:
US [ˈgʌnʃɑt]
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- Noun:
- the act of shooting a gun
Word Origin
- gunshot (n.)
- also gun-shot, early 15c., "the firing of a gun," from gun (n.) + shot (n.). Meaning "range of a gun or cannon" is from 1530s.
Example
- 1. Seven had suffered gunshot wounds and 17 died , the official said .
- 2. The international organization of migration , which helps tend victims of gunshot and other wounds , says tuberculosis is spreading .
- 3. Several victims of gunshot wounds were brought for treatment monday as reporters visited a clinic in one neighborhood , an apparent indication of continuing clashes .
- 4. This is not just because of better medicine ; the number of people entering hospital accident and emergency departments with gunshot wounds has also dropped , from 1370 in 2003 to 972 last year .
- 5. Between 1985 and 1992 , a group of physicians at the martin luther king / drew medical centre in los angeles studied victims of gunshot wounds and identified 118 thought to have been hit by falling bullets .