gun down

• Фразовый глагол, означающий застрелить кого-либо, особенно из огнестрельного оружия, часто приводящий к серьёзным травмам или смерти.

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

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

1. Shoot and killinformal

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

   Застрелить

   • 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.

   Synonymscut downexecutemow downshootshoot downslay

2. Shoot and injureinformal

   To shoot someone with a gun, causing injury.

   Подстрелить

   • 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.

   Synonymshitpick offplugshootshoot downwound

Base verbgun