gun down

• Partikelverb, das bedeutet, jemanden durch Schüsse, insbesondere mit einer Schusswaffe, zu töten oder schwer zu verletzen.

A phrasal verb meaning to shoot someone, especially with a gun, often resulting in serious injury or death.

unzählbar · transitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. Shoot and killinformal

   To shoot someone with a gun, often resulting in death.

   Erschießen

   • The police officer was gunned down in the line of duty.
   • The gang members gunned down their rivals in the street.
   • He was gunned down outside his home.

   Synonymecut downexecutemow downshootshoot downslay

2. Shoot and injureinformal

   To shoot someone with a gun, causing injury.

   anschießen

   • The robber gunned down the security guard but he survived.
   • The soldiers gunned down several insurgents during the raid.
   • He was gunned down but managed to crawl to safety.

   Synonymehitpick offplugshootshoot downwound

Grundverbgun