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were gunned
noun
A device for projecting a hard object very forcefully; a firearm or cannon.
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Five were gunned down.
Last month, five Chechens were gunned down in Quetta, Pakistan.
Two police officers were gunned down in her ward.
They were gunned down, arrested and tortured by the regime.
Then the Vietnamese were gunned down where they stood.
Four were gunned down in nearby villages on Tuesday.
All three were gunned down by the vehicle's three occupants.
Dozens of pistol-packing partisans were gunned down.
The two army officers were gunned down in separate parts of the capital, security officials said.
In July three people were gunned down at a screening of her film Trainwreck in Louisiana.
Two men were gunned down outside a southwest Oklahoma City, Okla., apartment complex early Saturday morning.
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