gunfire
/ˈɡʌnfʌɪə
/noun [mass noun]
The repeated firing of a gun or guns: they’d been caught up in gunfire in Beirut...
- It was not known if the governor was wounded by gunfire from the assailant or from shots fired afterward.
- Fires continue to belch smoke over the city and sporadic gunfire echoes through the flooded streets.
- Yesterday there were sporadic exchanges of gunfire and a tank firing shells in the city.
Synonyms
gunshots, shots, shooting, firing, sniping;
artillery fire, strafing, shelling, bombardment
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