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Gunshot
Pronunciation : Gun"shot`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Gun"shot`
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Made by the shot of a gun: as. a gunshot wound.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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