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Gun down

verb, slang

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  1. 1
    To kill by means of a firearm, especially deliberately and in a brutal manner. transitive

    "When Manzanas arrived home from work, the assailant gunned him down from ambush with a volley of pistol shots and escaped across the nearby border to France."

  2. 2
    strike down or shoot down wordnet
  3. 3
    To shoot down; to put an end to. figuratively, transitive

    "The CEO gunned down that idea before we could present it to the board."

  4. 4
    To masturbate while making sustained eye contact with someone — typically a female prison officer — as a form of intimidation. US, slang, transitive

    "In the cell diagonally across from mine, a prisoner regularly “gunned down” the nurse on her morning rounds. He deliberately masturbated so that she'd see him through the cell door window as he ejaculated."

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