The meaning of Gunfire

noun

A continuous attack with bombs, shells, or other missiles.

Usage examples:

An aerial bombardment will precede the attack

noun

The action of setting fire to something.

Usage examples:

The deliberate firing of 600 oil wells

verb

Discharge a gun or other weapon in order to propel (a bullet or projectile).

Usage examples:

He fired a shot at the retreating prisoners

noun

An act of making someone leave their job

Usage examples:

The firings will reduce the company's employment to about 53,000, down from about 85,000., she's re…

noun

A shot fired from a gun.

Usage examples:

Gardaí in claremorris are investigating an incident in which a number of gunshots were fired at a h…

verb

Bombard with shells.

Usage examples:

Several villages north of the security zone were shelled

noun

The hard protective outer case of a mollusc or crustacean.

Usage examples:

Cowrie shells

noun

An explosive artillery projectile or bomb.

Usage examples:

The sound of the shell passing over, followed by the explosion

noun

The action or practice of shooting with a gun.

Usage examples:

The events that led up to the shooting of the man

adjective

Moving or growing quickly.

Usage examples:

Shooting beams of light played over the sea

verb

Kill or wound (a person or animal) with a bullet or arrow.

Usage examples:

He was shot in the leg during an armed robbery

noun

The firing of a gun or cannon.

Usage examples:

Mulder killed him with a single shot

noun

A bill or one's share of it, especially in a pub or bar.

Usage examples:

He had paid her shot

adjective

(of coloured cloth) woven with a warp and weft of different colours, giving a contrasting effect when looked at from different angles.

Usage examples:

A dress of shot silk

noun

The action of shooting at someone from a hiding place, especially accurately and at long range.

Usage examples:

Sniping assumed great importance during wwi, especially where trench warfare was prevalent

verb

Shoot at someone from a hiding place, especially accurately and at long range.

Usage examples:

The soldiers in the trench sniped at us

verb

Attack repeatedly with bombs or machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft.

Usage examples:

Military aircraft strafed the village

noun

An attack from low-flying aircraft.

Usage examples:

Next morning they were to carry out a strafe of airfields in southern greece

verb

Present participle of strafe