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English Dictionary: gunshot by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gunshot
n
  1. the act of shooting a gun; "the gunfire endangered innocent bystanders"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
    Synonym(s): gunfire, gunshot
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gunshot \Gun"shot`\, n.
      1. Act of firing a gun; a shot.
  
      2. The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun, so as
            to be effective; the reach or range of a gun.
  
                     Those who are come over to the royal party are
                     supposed to be out of gunshot.            --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gunshot \Gun"shot`\, a.
      Made by the shot of a gun: as. a gunshot wound.
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