Gunfire
noun
The act of firing a gun or guns.
The quiet night was shattered by sudden gunfire.
Often appears as...
- exchanged gunfire
- heavy gunfire
noun
Bullets shot from a gun or guns.
Several people were hit by gunfire during the riot.
Often appears as...
- caught in gunfire
- killed by gunfire
noun
The act of firing a gun or guns.
The quiet night was shattered by sudden gunfire.
Often appears as...
- exchanged gunfire
- heavy gunfire
noun
Bullets shot from a gun or guns.
Several people were hit by gunfire during the riot.
Often appears as...
- caught in gunfire
- killed by gunfire
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Pro Tip 1/3Conflict Context
Gunfire often implies a conflict, such as a battle or shootout between armed individuals or groups.
Soldiers lay low to avoid the intense gunfire.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Celebratory
Unlike 'fireworks', 'gunfire' is not used for celebration and suggests danger or aggression.
The festival was peaceful until it was disrupted by gunfire.
Pro Tip 3/3News Reporting
Often used in news to report on wars, terrorism, or violent events, suggesting seriousness.
The reporter described the sound of continuous gunfire in the city.
Pro Tip 1/3Conflict Context
Gunfire often implies a conflict, such as a battle or shootout between armed individuals or groups.
Soldiers lay low to avoid the intense gunfire.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Celebratory
Unlike 'fireworks', 'gunfire' is not used for celebration and suggests danger or aggression.
The festival was peaceful until it was disrupted by gunfire.
Pro Tip 3/3News Reporting
Often used in news to report on wars, terrorism, or violent events, suggesting seriousness.
The reporter described the sound of continuous gunfire in the city.
Pro Tip 1/3Conflict Context
Gunfire often implies a conflict, such as a battle or shootout between armed individuals or groups.
Soldiers lay low to avoid the intense gunfire.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Celebratory
Unlike 'fireworks', 'gunfire' is not used for celebration and suggests danger or aggression.
The festival was peaceful until it was disrupted by gunfire.
Pro Tip 3/3News Reporting
Often used in news to report on wars, terrorism, or violent events, suggesting seriousness.
The reporter described the sound of continuous gunfire in the city.
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The sound the universe...
hole and even the light could not escape this current light would be dragged down the hole as everything else would be in all that would be left would be a shadow now he wrote to Einstein and he said as you will see the war has been kind to me enough between despite the heavy gunfire
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Shots Fired PIPE Kentucky...
open when the door flew open he's trying to start shooting and the deputies had to return fire to save their own lives and to to protect their federal deputies that was a random despite the gunfire the raid is a success they have both suspects in custody and no one was injured
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Eric X. Li: A tale of...
My grandmother tells me that she heard the sound of gunfire along with my first cries. When I was growing up, I was told a story that explained all I ever needed to know about humanity. It went like this. All human societies develop in linear progression,
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Jeffrey Brown: How we...
even in the summertime, because of the violence. You would listen in the neighborhoods on any given night, and to the untrained ear, it sounded like fireworks, but it was gunfire. You'd hear it almost every night, when you were cooking dinner,
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The sound the universe...
Light would be dragged down the hole as everything else would be, and all that would be left would be a shadow. Now he wrote to Einstein, and he said, "As you will see, the war has been kind to me enough. Despite the heavy gunfire,
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Gangster Gunplay PIPE...
only that bullets found at the crime scene were fired from the weapons but the rate of fire was so fast it would have been impossible for any of the victims to turn react to the gunfire and try to protect themselves
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How we think about death...
pants off you or was to break your heart the second thing that I came across was gunfire as camp fire so if anybody has sat in front of a campfire you've had the experience mesmerizing flames
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Creatures in the Dark PIPE...
and all of a sudden we woke up to this gunfire with Marshall shooting his gun off into the dark I know he's got a reason there's something going on and we need to be ready to help him out you
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Shootout in the Streets...
officers are stunned to hear automatic gunfire and fear a civilian massacre patrol cars raced to the scene to protect the public police swarm a perimeter positioned at the northern
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Zainab Salbi: Women,...
of an exploded missile, so bright that nothing can protect your eyes from it. I grew up with the sounds of war -- the staccato sounds of gunfire,
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The sound the universe...
hole and even the light could not escape this current light would be dragged down the hole as everything else would be in all that would be left would be a shadow now he wrote to Einstein and he said as you will see the war has been kind to me enough between despite the heavy gunfire
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Shots Fired PIPE Kentucky...
open when the door flew open he's trying to start shooting and the deputies had to return fire to save their own lives and to to protect their federal deputies that was a random despite the gunfire the raid is a success they have both suspects in custody and no one was injured
Video examples
Eric X. Li: A tale of...
My grandmother tells me that she heard the sound of gunfire along with my first cries. When I was growing up, I was told a story that explained all I ever needed to know about humanity. It went like this. All human societies develop in linear progression,
Video examples
Jeffrey Brown: How we...
even in the summertime, because of the violence. You would listen in the neighborhoods on any given night, and to the untrained ear, it sounded like fireworks, but it was gunfire. You'd hear it almost every night, when you were cooking dinner,
Video examples
The sound the universe...
Light would be dragged down the hole as everything else would be, and all that would be left would be a shadow. Now he wrote to Einstein, and he said, "As you will see, the war has been kind to me enough. Despite the heavy gunfire,
Video examples
Gangster Gunplay PIPE...
only that bullets found at the crime scene were fired from the weapons but the rate of fire was so fast it would have been impossible for any of the victims to turn react to the gunfire and try to protect themselves
Video examples
How we think about death...
pants off you or was to break your heart the second thing that I came across was gunfire as camp fire so if anybody has sat in front of a campfire you've had the experience mesmerizing flames
Video examples
Creatures in the Dark PIPE...
and all of a sudden we woke up to this gunfire with Marshall shooting his gun off into the dark I know he's got a reason there's something going on and we need to be ready to help him out you
Video examples
Shootout in the Streets...
officers are stunned to hear automatic gunfire and fear a civilian massacre patrol cars raced to the scene to protect the public police swarm a perimeter positioned at the northern
Video examples
Zainab Salbi: Women,...
of an exploded missile, so bright that nothing can protect your eyes from it. I grew up with the sounds of war -- the staccato sounds of gunfire,
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Steve Erickson
American Novelist
Two subsequent incidents of import established CNN: the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986, which CNN was the only network to cover as it happened, and the 1991 Gulf War, which CNN chronicled round the clock from a proximity as irresistible as it was alarming, bomb blasts and gunfire lighting up TV screens from coast to coast.
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LeBron James
American Basketball Player
Where I grew up - I grew up on the north side of Akron, lived in the projects. So those scared and lonely nights - that's every night. You hear a lot of police sirens, you hear a lot of gunfire. Things that you don't want your kids to hear growing up.
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Travis Browne
I did protection work with dogs. I trained dogs how to protect their handlers and owners. We'd teach them bite work, how to search buildings and deal with gunfire and stuff like that. Sometimes I'd be the 'bad guy' that dogs would attack in training.
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Michael D. Barnes
American Politician
If today is your typical day in America, 80 of our fellow citizens will die from gunfire. In the last two weeks, more Americans have died from gunfire here at home in the United States than in the entire war in Iraq since it started.
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Robert Crais
American Author
Quite a few of the dogs that come back from Afghanistan or Iraq or police dogs that are involved in violent confrontations where there's gunfire can in fact exhibit the symptoms and suffer from PTSD.
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Asha Rangappa
American Lawyer
FYI, there are basically only three things besides a vest that will stop a bullet: a tree trunk, the engine block of a car, and a U.S. mailbox: if you are ever caught in gunfire, find one of those.
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Elvis Mitchell
American Critic
Black Hawk Down' wants to be about something, and in the midst of the meticulously staged gunfire, the picture seems to choose futility arbitrarily.
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Letitia James
American Public Servant
Gunfire tracking technology is improving every day and has been successful in many jurisdictions around the country.
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Steve Erickson
American Novelist
Two subsequent incidents of import established CNN: the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger in 1986, which CNN was the only network to cover as it happened, and the 1991 Gulf War, which CNN chronicled round the clock from a proximity as irresistible as it was alarming, bomb blasts and gunfire lighting up TV screens from coast to coast.
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LeBron James
American Basketball Player
Where I grew up - I grew up on the north side of Akron, lived in the projects. So those scared and lonely nights - that's every night. You hear a lot of police sirens, you hear a lot of gunfire. Things that you don't want your kids to hear growing up.
Quote examples
Travis Browne
I did protection work with dogs. I trained dogs how to protect their handlers and owners. We'd teach them bite work, how to search buildings and deal with gunfire and stuff like that. Sometimes I'd be the 'bad guy' that dogs would attack in training.
Quote examples
Michael D. Barnes
American Politician
If today is your typical day in America, 80 of our fellow citizens will die from gunfire. In the last two weeks, more Americans have died from gunfire here at home in the United States than in the entire war in Iraq since it started.
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Robert Crais
American Author
Quite a few of the dogs that come back from Afghanistan or Iraq or police dogs that are involved in violent confrontations where there's gunfire can in fact exhibit the symptoms and suffer from PTSD.
Quote examples
Asha Rangappa
American Lawyer
FYI, there are basically only three things besides a vest that will stop a bullet: a tree trunk, the engine block of a car, and a U.S. mailbox: if you are ever caught in gunfire, find one of those.
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Elvis Mitchell
American Critic
Black Hawk Down' wants to be about something, and in the midst of the meticulously staged gunfire, the picture seems to choose futility arbitrarily.
Quote examples
Letitia James
American Public Servant
Gunfire tracking technology is improving every day and has been successful in many jurisdictions around the country.
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