While he was giving the speech, the sound of a gunshot could be heard.
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Gunshot
/ˈɡʌn.ʃɒt/
Synonyms for "gunshot" (58 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (17)
Noun(5 words)
Related words (29)
Related word relations
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More general
6 entriesMore specific
9 entriesCollocations
6 entriesgunshot detectiongunshot incidentgunshot noisegunshot residuegunshot victimgunshot wound
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 13 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- կրակոց noun (the sound made)
Belarusian
1 entries- стрэл noun (the sound made)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 槍聲 /枪声 noun (the sound made)
Finnish
1 entries- laukaus noun (the sound made)
French
1 entries- coup de feu noun (the sound made)
Greek
1 entries- πυροβολισμός noun (the sound made)
Italian
2 entries- schioppo noun (the sound made)
- sparo noun (the sound made)
Japanese
1 entries- 銃声 noun (the sound made)
Macedonian
1 entries- и́стрел noun (the sound made)
Polish
1 entries- huk strzału noun (the sound made)
Russian
2 entries- вы́стрел noun (the sound made)
- зву́к вы́стрела noun (the sound made)
Spanish
1 entries- tastaseo noun (the sound made)
Turkish
1 entries- silah sesi noun (the sound made)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Tom had been released from the hospital, but he was still recovering from the gunshot wound.
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Tom thought he heard a gunshot.
Source: tatoeba (1092789)
At what time did you hear the gunshot?
Source: tatoeba (1282853)
Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.