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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
gunfire
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
hear
▪ About the same time I heard gunfire.
▪ When I put my head back down, I heard gunfire in the distance.
▪ As Isaacs continued around Hungerford's narrow streets, he heard the crack of gunfire, at about 9.50.
▪ Within two minutes, Adams heard gunfire on his radio.
▪ I then heard gunfire, a couple of shots.
▪ She heard gunfire and felt a slap at her back....
▪ He heard a burst of gunfire and saw a car disappearing down the Glen Road.
▪ In answer to a prosecution question, he stated that he did hear indistinct gunfire, but had thought no more of it.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ A soldier was killed during an exchange of gunfire at the border station.
▪ At least 4 people were killed by gunfire when police stormed the building.
▪ Enemy gunfire could be heard from several kilometres away.
▪ enemy gunfire
▪ Joseph sprinted away to dodge the volley of gunfire.
▪ The earth shook with the sound of heavy gunfire.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ From below he heard shouting and running feet, and from further off came the muffled sound of more gunfire.
▪ In that same instant, the deafening crash of gunfire filled the narrow confines of the alley.
▪ No sound of gunfire yet; no sign of battle: but the emptiness of that raised, exposed highway was eerie.
▪ Rolls of thunder joined the gunfire now, like giant echoes, and it began to rain, reducing visibility.
▪ She realized he was expecting to be dodging gunfire.
▪ The only thing that surprises me is there was no gunfire.
▪ When I put my head back down, I heard gunfire in the distance.
Wiktionary
gunfire

n. 1 shot from a gun or guns, typically creating loud report. 2 (context chiefly military English) The use of gunpowder-type weapons, mainly cannon, as opposed to swords or bayonets. 3 (context military English) The time of firing of the morning gun or the evening gun. 4 (cx army slang English) tea, a cup of tea, especially one served early in the morning before first parade.

WordNet
gunfire

n. the act of shooting a gun; "the gunfire endangered innocent bystanders"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire" [syn: gunshot]

Wikipedia
Gunfire (comics)

Gunfire is a fictional DC Comics superhero and freelance anti-terrorist operative. He first appeared in Deathstroke Annual #2 October 1993, he was created by Len Wein and Steve Erwin and was one of the "New Bloods," several superpowered individuals introduced during the 1993 DC Comics Bloodlines crossover event.

Gunfire (disambiguation)

Gunfire is the discharge of a firearm, or the sound made by this discharge.

Gunfire may also refer to:

  • Gunfire (drink), a cocktail made of tea and rum
  • Gunfire (comics), a DC comic book superhero
  • Gunfire (1934 film), a 1934 Western starring Rex Bell
  • Gunfire (1950 film), a 1950 Western starring Don "Red" Barry
Gunfire (drink)

Gunfire (or Gun-fire) is a British cocktail made of black tea and rum. It has its origins in the British Army and is also used as a name for early morning tea in the army.

Usage examples of "gunfire".

Lack of gunfire made Atlee sure that he was safe from immediate pursuit by The Shadow.

Kane reflected grimly that it was a fortunate thing that, in Bahrein, gunfire in the night was not so unique as to arouse comment.

As a boy in Leake County, Barnett would sit on the porch under a chinaberry tree and listen to his father, John William Barnett, tell tales of his years as a Confederate soldier, witnessing the siege of Vicksburg, having his horse shot out from under him at the Battle of Shilo, and seeing his own father, Captain John Henry Barnett, return home from four years in the Confederate army in clothes riddled by Union gunfire.

The six fast battleships, with cruisers and destroyers, were to rush ahead, still farther northward, to engage the Jap carriers if they showed up by daylight within gunfire range.

They bombarded Iwo vigorously on 16 and 17 February, evoking no reply from the defenders until seven LCI gunboats, advancing in line abreast to cover the underwater demolition teams, drew a torrent of gunfire.

Samson stood in the middle of the breach, ignoring the gunfire from the enemy on the ground, and cut loose with his Bushmaster, catching the troopers on the ladders in a hail of lead, blasting them from the ladders and checking the assault.

Having been unable to deliver a satisfactory gunfire through screening trees, The Shadow was placing the crooks at the same advantage.

We kept our heads down while a constant barrage of gunfire from the Gaters chewed at the logs like energetic beavers.

DECEMBER 6, 1995229 did you understand that Hardcore was telling you this white dude was going to be murdered by gunfire?

No anchor going to hold you there, you got to lean on the oars to hold station in the gap - the hole at Gunfire Break is deep, man, deep, but the jewfish in there are big, man, big.

And he is talking about Svyatoshino, our Kievan suburb of Svyatoshino, and the lights had gone out in our apartment too and we too heard the sound of distant gunfire .

For three days, 10-12 September, as the tide of battle swept to and fro over the Salerno plain, both navies delivered gunfire support to the troops ashore.

Off shore the two Navies stood by, bringing up supplies and reinforcements, rendering gunfire support, and beating off attacks by the Luftwaffe.

Moreover, the two Navies performed an almost faultless landing, and then played the parts of ferry, feeder and gunfire support.

The first burst was answered by a storin of gunfire, many weapons firing together furiously.