gunfire

1. (uncountable, usually)Shots from a gun or guns, typically creating loud report.

   Let's hide in the trees to avoid the gunfire.

   Sergeant, direct your gunfire toward that copse of trees.

   Beschuss, Feuer

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2. (uncountable, usually)The use of gunpowder-type weapons, mainly cannon, as opposed to swords or bayonets.

   Killing people became much easier and faster once armies started using gunfire.

3. (uncountable, usually)The time of firing of the morning gun or the evening gun.

4. (slang, uncountable, usually)Tea, a cup of tea, especially one served early in the morning before first parade.

1. I was woken up by gunfire.

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2. They were exposed to the enemy's gunfire.

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3. Tom was a victim of stray gunfire.

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4. The gunfire was getting worse, so we ran down to our cellar.

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5. I thought it was gunfire, but it was just the sound of firecrackers.

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