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gunshot
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As a noun, gunshot means the act of discharging a firearm.
Meanings of gunshot
5 meaningsnoun
The act of discharging a firearm.
The sound made by a discharging firearm.
The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun; the reach or range of a gun.
A bullet, projectile, or other shot fired from a gun.
The act of shooting a gun
“the gunfire endangered innocent bystanders”
“they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire”
Similar: gunfire
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
noun: the act of shooting a gun
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