Gunfire Synonyms

gŭn'fīr'

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Synonyms for Gunfire

creeping barrage
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shooting
A sensation of darting pain.
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fire to pin down someone
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shot
(Athletics) The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.
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shots
Plural form of shot
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air-support
The act of using aircraft to attack an enemy to assist ground military forces.
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air-strike
(Military) An attack on a ground or naval target by one or more aircraft or missiles.
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mortar fire
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heavy arms attack
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explosion
A release of mechanical, chemical, or nuclear energy in a sudden and often violent manner with the generation of high temperature and usually with the release of gases.
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report
Report is defined as a collection of information about something or rumors or gossip that is being spread.
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artillery
An army unit that uses such weapons.
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shellburst
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discharge
A debtor’s release from a debt upon payment in full or upon adjudication of bankruptcy; the release of an inmate from prison; the termination of an employee; the act of releasing jurors from any further obligation, upon the giving of a verdict or the settlement or dismissal of the trial in which they serve.
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enfilade
Gunfire, from either flank, directed along the length of a column or line of troops
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detonation
An explosion.
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blast
A powerful hit, blow, or shot.
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firing
The application of heat to harden or glaze pottery
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burst
The result of a bursting; break; rupture
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thunder
The crashing or booming sound produced by rapidly expanding air along the path of the electrical discharge of lightning.
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crackle
(Physics) The fifth derivative of the position vector with respect to time (after velocity, acceleration, jerk, and jounce), i.e. the rate of change of jounce.
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barrage
A curtain of artillery fire laid down to keep enemy forces from moving, or to cover or prepare the way for one's own forces, esp. in attack
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curtain
The opening of the curtain at the beginning, or its closing at the end, of a play, act, or scene
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curtain of fire
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cannonade
Firing artillery in a large amount for a length of time .
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box of fire
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salvo
(Law) A saving clause; reservation
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fusillade
A simultaneous or rapid and continuous discharge of many firearms
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gunshot
The shooting of a gun.
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bombardment
(Physics) the incidence of an intense stream of high-energy particles directed at a substance
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artillery support
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volley
(Sports) A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground
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Words Related to Gunfire

machine-gun-fire
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rifle-fire
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shrapnel
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shellfire
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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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