What does gunfire mean?
Definitions for gunfire
ˈgʌnˌfaɪərgun·fire
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Princeton's WordNet
gunfire, gunshot(noun)
the act of shooting a gun
"the gunfire endangered innocent bystanders"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
Wiktionary
gunfire(Noun)
Shots from a gun or guns, typically creating loud report.
gunfire(Noun)
The use of gunpowder-type weapons, mainly cannon, as opposed to swords or bayonets.
Killing people became much easier and faster once armies started using gunfire.
gunfire(Noun)
The time of firing of the morning gun or the evening gun.
Freebase
Gunfire
Gunfire is a fictional DC Comics superhero and freelance anti-terrorist operative. He first appeared in Deathstroke Annual #2 October 1993, he was created by Len Wein and Steve Erwin.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gunfire in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gunfire in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of gunfire in a Sentence
Loud bursts of gunfire erupted, there was heavy volume of fire. We ran to a church compound and the police surrounded us.
Brelo was acting in conditions difficult for even experienced officers to imagine, he was in a strange place at night surrounded by gunfire, sirens and flashing bulbs. Brelo did not fire too quickly or at a person who was clearly unarmed or unable to run him over.
Mortars, IEDs, gunfire and other explosives destroyed human life, stole limbs and ruined lives at unprecedented levels.
When the police arrived, Anthony Prate was taken into custody and is currently being held in CookCounty Jail without bond. Daniels grisly death has put the spotlight back on the bizarre events leading up to the death of Anthony Prate first wife, Bridget Prate, who died in 2011. CHICAGO TODDLER UNHURT AS FATHER AND ANOTHER MAN DIE IN GUNFIRE EXCHANGE In that incident, Anthony Prate claimed Anthony Prate overheard Anthony Prate wife talking to another man and said they were plotting to kill Anthony Prate. Anthony Prate dialed 911 and demanded that both Anthony Prate wife of nearly 20 years and the man she was talking to be arrested. When authorities arrived, Bridget Prate told them it had all been a big misunderstanding and the officers left. Anthony Prate was charged with first-degree murder in the Nov. 23 death of Anthony Prate girlfriend Malgorzata Daniel, a 48-year-old nurse who authorities said was stabbed 30 times in her home. ( Cook County Jail) Less than a week later, she was dead. Police found Bridgets crumpled body under the dashboard of a car that crashed while Prate was driving. Anthony Prate told the police that Anthony Prate wife had unbuckled Bridget Prate seat belt to look for Bridget Prate purse and a water bottle just seconds before Anthony Prate lost control of the vehicle, crossed over the center line, and hit an oncoming car and a tree before coming to a stop. When paramedics arrived, three bystanders had surrounded the car while Anthony Prate attempted to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to Anthony Prate wife. Bridget Prate didnt have a pulse and Bridget Prate wasnt breathing. One of the bystanders said Anthony Prate, who had suffered only minor injuries, looked frantic and shocked.
No one’s not going to do their job, no one’s not going to a call of shots fired. We go towards the gunfire, we will continue to do that, it’s the above and beyond type of activity that officers were engaged in that we may not see at that same level ever again.
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- geværildDanish
- geværildNorwegian
- geværeldNorwegian Nynorsk
- gevärseldSwedish
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