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gun down

verb as in assassinate

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The Philippine government estimates that more than 6,252 people have been gunned down by the police and "unknown assailants" in Duterte's "war on drugs".

From BBC

Carlos Medina, 61, was charged with murder in February 2023 for allegedly gunning down Bishop David G. O’Connell, 69, at his Hacienda Heights home.

Both would-be assassins were GOP supporters at some point in their lives. 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who shot Trump and others before being gunned down by the Secret Service, was a registered Republican.

From Salon

A Santa Clara County bus driver has been arrested and charged on suspicion of gunning down a co-worker in a bus yard over a gambling debt.

In July, another nightclub shooting left four people dead and 10 injured, while in February for men were gunned down outside a public library.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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