gunman
gunman
Definition
gun·man (-mən)
noun pl. -·men-mən
- ☆ a man armed with a gun, esp. an armed gangster or hired killer
- a man skilled in the use of a gun
gunman
Synonyms
gunman
Usage Examples
Converse of subject
- assassinate: Would the result of the election have been the same had he not been assassinated by a lone gunman?
- shoot: The five Italians were shot by gunmen who had been in hiding.
- kill: One marine is killed by a gunman on the east bank, at a hospital near the Palestine Hotel.
- murder: Akia found her early in her youth, as her parents were mysteriously murdered by an unknown gunman.
- attack: The same day, a second pharmacy, John C Robinson in Cliftonville Road, was attacked by a hooded gunman at about 5.30pm.
Converse of object
- mask: The refugees described how masked gunmen had given them only a few minutes to leave their homes.
- shoot: Lopez said police believe the gunman shot Powers, then himself within about 10 minutes from the time the first shots were fired.
- hire: Behind them lurks what they fear may be their nemesis - a posse of hired gunmen.
- kill: While in this post he killed three Mexican gunmen.
- say: Interior Ministry sources said gunmen attacked the Russians in the capital, Baghdad.
- fire: The gunman fired into my father and he fell to the ground.
Adjective modifier
- crazed: You want to get everyone from tree-hugging hippies to crazed paranoid gunmen.
- unidentified: The majority of the victims were shot by unidentified gunmen.
- lone: The Last Word, Part One - A lone gunman in a clown mask holds siege at the Junior Gazette.
- hooded: In our first scenario, three hooded gunmen raid an embassy.
- armed: However, over the last years many have been expelled from their lands by armed gunmen.
Modifies a noun
- storm: Masked gunmen storm into homes, and the victims the majority of them Sunnis are never again seen alive.
Noun used with modifier
