Gunfire Synonyms

gŭnfīr
The act of shooting a gun
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. barrage
  2. volley
  3. salvo
  4. mortar fire
  5. shot
  6. shots
  7. shooting
  8. cannonading
  9. bombardment
  10. fire to pin down someone
  11. artillery support
  12. air-support
  13. air-strike
  14. fusillade
  15. heavy arms attack
  16. explosion
  17. gunshot
  18. report
  19. artillery
  20. shellburst
  21. discharge
  22. enfilade
  23. detonation
  24. blast
  25. firing
  26. burst
  27. thunder
  28. crackle
  29. creeping barrage
  30. curtain
  31. curtain of fire
  32. cannonade
  33. box of fire

Words Related to Gunfire

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. machine-gun-fire
  2. rifle-fire
  3. machine-gun
  4. shrapnel

Gunfire Sentence Examples

  • The air was filled with the smell of sulfur and the sound of gunfire.

  • Apart from hearing sporadic gunfire the day was pretty quiet.

  • There's even a 9pm curfew - signaled, somewhat forcefully, by a volley of gunfire across the valley.

  • By comparison, of the 46 British dreadnoughts built, five were sunk, none by gunfire.

  • I was told that two lads who jumped into the water after me had been hit by gunfire.

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