gunfire

Converse of object

• echo: The crackle of gunfire echoed for several hours in central Baghdad.
• hear: Apart from hearing sporadic gunfire the day was pretty quiet.
• exchange: On one occasion, we had to exchange gunfire with the Klan.

Converse of subject

• sink: However, the gallant Rawalpindi was sunk by gunfire with the loss of 238 out the crew of 276.
• wound: The IRA fired several shots at Lowry who was not injured but a lecturer at the university was wounded by the gunfire.
• kill: At least one child, a ten year-old girl, was killed by heartless gunfire.
• hit: I was told that two lads who jumped into the water after me had been hit by gunfire.
• damage: There was a minaret from a mosque popping up only a few yards away, also damaged by gunfire.
• destroy: British Airborne troops had attempted glider landings but many of the gliders had gone off course or been accidentally destroyed by naval gunfire.

Adjective modifier

• sporadic: Apart from hearing sporadic gunfire the day was pretty quiet.
• naval: The naval commander is assisted in the control of naval gunfire by navy liaison representatives located with supported ground forces.
• automatic: There was sporadic gunfire at this stage - bursts of automatic gunfire, from time to time, interspersed with single shots.
• distant: Toward dinner time, we could hear the sound of distant gunfire.
• heavy: They entered the harbor of Dunkirk amid heavy gunfire.

Modifies a noun

• liaison: When naval support is available, the FSE of the aviation headquarters is provided a naval gunfire liaison team to control the support.

Noun used with modifier

• enemy: Whilst attending to and bringing in wounded, he continually exposed himself to enemy gunfire.
• antiaircraft: Large fire 0400: Further explosions reported in Baghdad, along with the sound of antiaircraft gunfire.

Preposition: in

• distance: It's a particular nature of my job that you tend to find yourself in hotels with the sound of gunfire in the distance.
• street: That night Short and L.C. Hartman, the city clerk, exchanged gunfire in the street.