gunned (for)

verb

past tense of gun (for)
as in ran down

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  1. ran down
  2. killed
  3. shot
  4. pursued
  5. tracked
  6. trailed
Verb
  • The documentary came off iPlayer last year after its window ran down.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Hours before, a line ran down 65th Street and around the block with fans trying to score a ticket to the world premiere at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of ran down
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  • At the conference on Thursday, police did not name the victims, the shooter, or the bystander who killed him.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The subsequent airstrike killed him and, according to independent estimates, at least 125 other people.
    — Halla Tómasdóttir, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of killed
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  • Last year, a Senatobia officer threatened a Black woman with a Taser, pulling her from her car and onto the ground and arresting her during a confrontation over an accessible parking space in the same Walmart lot where Kohen was shot.
    — SOPHIE BATES, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
  • While traveling with then-President Ronald Reagan in 1981, White House press secretary James Brady was shot during an assassination attempt on the president.
    — Chandelis Duster, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of shot
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  • Netanyahu’s wager, according to these critics, was that the aid would give Hamas something to lose and would therefore help contain the group while Israel pursued normalization with the Arab world without resolving the Palestinian question.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Bambu Lab has introduced its Vortek nozzle-changing system, while Prusa has pursued multi-toolhead designs.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of pursued
Verb
  • Engagement is often seen as a metric about sentiment that can be measured and tracked, but is treated as something employees bring—or fail to bring—to their jobs.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • SparkHub connects creator content to tracked sales inside its ShopBack app.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of tracked
Verb
  • Still, that’s a recent high mark for Democrats, who have trailed Republicans on the issue by double digits dating back four years.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Prior to this, Miami trailed just once, by three points at the start of the Central Michigan game that quickly became a 52-3 rout.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of trailed
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“Gunned (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gunned%20%28for%29. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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