Thesaurus results for GUNS

guns 1 of 2

noun

plural of gun

as in weapons

large firearms (as cannons or rockets) the field commander called for the big guns to be deployed for the full-scale assault

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verb

present tense third-person singular of gun

as in shoots

to strike with a missile from a gun traded stories of the Wild West, when outlaws gunned men down in broad daylight and in cold blood

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Assassin is a real-life game played around the world, with NERF guns or water pistols most commonly used as the assassination method. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026 The United States is currently managing to get significant amounts of crude oil (if not refined product) through the strait, but only by providing costly military protection to tankers that slip past Iran’s guns with their transponders off. — Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026 Children ran around barefoot, wielding toy guns, playing Free Syrian Army Versus Regime. — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Police recovered three guns from the scene — two handguns and a shotgun. — Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 Thirty years ago, Baz Luhrmann gave Shakespeare guns, Hawaiian shirts and a killer soundtrack — and turned Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes into movie stars. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026 The manufacturer from which Nordone’s company imports its toy blaster guns is headquartered in China’s Henan province and is listed as Cosmox North America’s top trading partner by ImportGenius. — Liz Goodwin, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026 Until the late 1970s, when the Sandinistas were still a ragged, left-wing guerrilla movement, the United States provided guns, money and military training to the right-wing political dynasty that ruled Nicaragua with an iron fist. — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 Detectives are also investigating where the shooters got the guns. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026

Verb

Both guns the suspect used in the shooting were acquired legally in San Antonio in 2017, Davis said. — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026 The military seemingly guns her down during a confrontation with Hopper and Eleven. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Jan. 2026 One dog manages to escape the store, but Noem quickly catches up to it and brutally guns it down. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 12 Aug. 2025

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Noun

Zelenskyy said Russia had attacked Ukraine with more than 100 weapons since Monday evening.

— HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
Years of convictions for escape, battery and weapons while in prison kept adding time to his total sentence.

— David Fischer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of weapons

Verb

The episode ends with Lee running for his life while McCann shoots into the darkness of the treeline.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
Body-camera video obtained by CBS News Atlanta shows HeeHaw the donkey galloping toward officers before a Cedartown police officer shoots him during a search for a missing girl.

— CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of shoots

Noun

This weekend was the last one when anyone will get to see the massive installation in the artillery sheds.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026
For example, the United States bought 155-millimeter artillery shells from South Korea and PAC-3 interceptors from Japan to backfill American munitions for Ukraine.

— Eric Ciaramella, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of artillery

Verb

Ramiro Benavides, director of a middle school mariachi in the district, drills his students not only on how to play their instruments and sing, but also on how to bring a theatrical and dramatic flair to their performances.

— Jessica Hill, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Dewan is also filming The Rookie, so things are getting challenging as Val drills her on the technique — even on set between takes.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026

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And while Iran is believed to supply cutting-edge components like guidance systems, the Houthis can manufacture much of their weaponry domestically, and at a much lower cost than the state-of-the-art interceptors used by the Saudis.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
If Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy needed a reminder that Ukraine’s war with Russia may well be decided in the skies by the nation with the most advanced weaponry, then it was delivered this week – seemingly by the United States.

— Gerard Toal, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026

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