gunshot has definitions from the field of arms
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[ noun ] (arms) the act of shooting a gun

Synonyms

gunfire

Examples

"the gunfire endangered innocent bystanders" "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"

Used in print

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

Occasionally they heard gun-shot signals and a number of horsemen were sighted on the hills , disappearing at the posse 's approach .

Related terms

shooting snipe enfilade

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