gunsomeonedown
phrasal verbwithgunverb[T]mainlyUSold-fashionedinformaluk/ɡʌn/us/ɡʌn/-nn-
toshootsomeone andkillorseriouslyinjurethem, often when thatpersoncannotdefendhimself or herself:
Thepoliceofficerwasgunneddown as he took hischildrentoschool.
Murder & attempted murder
- asphyxiation
- assassinate
- assassination
- attempt
- bloodstained
- butcher
- drive-by
- genocide
- holocaust
- homicide
- infanticide
- knock
- polishsomethingoff
- pop off
- putsomeoneto the swordidiom
- regicide
- rub
- slaughter
- snuff
- throttle