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Definition of "gunfire" []

  • The firing of guns. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "gunfire" in a sentence
  • "Enemy gunfire is always directed to the square in range that is least protected by Bunkers to inflict the most casualties among your people (and thus cost you the most money), or to the most valuable structure, attempting to destroy it (and thus cost you the most money)."
  • "On Sunday, an Indian soldier was killed in gunfire from Pakistan's side of Kashmir."
  • "As if on cue, the office erupts in gunfire, as what was expected to be a standard transfer is something else entirely."