gun down

• Verbe à particule signifiant abattre quelqu'un d'une rafale ou d'une série de coups de feu, souvent avec une issue mortelle ou de graves blessures.

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

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Shoot and killinformal

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

   abattre

   • 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.

   Synonymescut downexecutemow downshootshoot downslay

2. Shoot and injureinformal

   To shoot someone with a gun, causing injury.

   abattre (par balle)

   • 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.

   Synonymeshitpick offplugshootshoot downwound

Verbe de basegun