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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Guns
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gunshot | American Dictionary
gunshot
noun
us/ˈɡʌnˌʃɑt/
gunshotnoun (SHOOTING)
[ C ]
the shooting of a gun, or the sound this makes:
I hear gunshots in the forest sometimes.
gunshotnoun (BULLETS)
[ U ]
the bullets shot from a gun:
He suffered a gunshot wound in the thigh.