gunfire
noun /ˈɡʌnfaɪə(r)/
/ˈɡʌnfaɪər/
[uncountable]- the repeated firing of guns; the sound of guns firing
- an exchange of gunfire with the police
- I could hear gunfire.
Extra Examples- A convoy was hit by gunfire.
- Bursts of celebratory gunfire could be heard on the streets.
- Heavy gunfire broke out in the capital last night.
- Seventy protesters were killed by indiscriminate gunfire.
- The terrorists boarded the bus and sprayed the passengers with gunfire.
- They sprayed gunfire into the crowd.
- They were killed in an exchange of gunfire between riot police and demonstrators.
- We heard the rapid crackle of automatic gunfire.
- Youths exchanged gunfire with police.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- heavy
- intense
- scattered
- …
- burst
- hear
- spray
- spray somebody/something with
- …
- break out
- erupt
- echo
- …
- the crackle, rattle, sound, etc. of gunfire
- an exchange of gunfire