machine-gunned Synonyms
machine-gunned Meaning
machine-gunned
an automatic weapon, characterized by rapidity and sharpness, an automatic gun capable of continuous firing, to shoot at, wound, or kill (someone or something) with a machine gun, a gun for sustained rapid fire that uses bullets
machine-gunned Sentence Examples
- The civilians were machine-gunned indiscriminately in the street.
- The soldiers machine-gunned the enemy position from a distance.
- The protesters were machine-gunned by the police in a brutal crackdown.
- The rebel forces machine-gunned the approaching convoy, causing heavy casualties.
- The innocent victims were machine-gunned in a senseless act of violence.
- The military machine-gunned the terrorist hideout, eliminating the threat.
- The criminals machine-gunned the witness to silence him.
- The Nazi soldiers machine-gunned the Jews in the concentration camp.
- The gangsters machine-gunned their rivals in a bloody turf war.
- The helicopter gunship machine-gunned the fleeing suspects, preventing their escape.
FAQs About the word machine-gunned
an automatic weapon, characterized by rapidity and sharpness, an automatic gun capable of continuous firing, to shoot at, wound, or kill (someone or something)
killed, fired (at), destroyed, felled, dispatched, pistoled, massacred, butchered, pistolled, tommy-gunned
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The civilians were machine-gunned indiscriminately in the street.
The soldiers machine-gunned the enemy position from a distance.
The protesters were machine-gunned by the police in a brutal crackdown.
The rebel forces machine-gunned the approaching convoy, causing heavy casualties.
