The police came as soon as they heard the gunfire.
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Gunfire
Synonyms for "gunfire" (53 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (26)
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10 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 17 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- հրաձգություն noun (shots from guns)
Belarusian
3 entries- агонь noun (shots from guns)
- стральба noun (shots from guns)
- страляніна noun (shots from guns)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 槍聲 /枪声 noun (shots from guns)
- 火器作戰 /火器作战 noun (use of gunpowder-type weapons)
- 鳴炮時間 /鸣炮时间 noun (time of firing of the morning gun or the evening gun)
Danish
1 entries- geværild noun (shots from guns)
Finnish
4 entries- ammuskelu noun (shots from guns)
- laukaus noun (time of firing of the morning gun or the evening gun)
- tuli noun (shots from guns)
- tuli noun (use of gunpowder-type weapons)
French
1 entries- fusillade noun (shots from guns)
German
2 entries- Beschuss noun (shots from guns)
- Feuer noun (shots from guns)
Irish
1 entries- lámhach gunnaí noun (shots from guns)
Italian
4 entries- fucilata noun (shots from guns)
- schioppettata noun (shots from guns)
- schioppo noun (shots from guns)
- sparo noun (shots from guns)
Japanese
1 entries- 銃火 noun (shots from guns)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- geværild noun (shots from guns)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- geværeld noun (shots from guns)
Polish
1 entries- ogień noun (shots from guns)
Portuguese
1 entries- tiroteio noun (shots from guns)
Russian
2 entries- огонь noun (shots from guns)
- стрельба noun (shots from guns)
Spanish
1 entries- tastaseo noun (shots from guns)
Swedish
1 entries- gevärseld noun (shots from guns)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The commander exposed his men to gunfire.
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They were exposed to the enemy's gunfire.
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The gunfire was getting worse, so we ran down to our cellar.
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