machine-gunning

present participle of machine-gun

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for machine-gunning
Verb
  • The apology came less than 24 hours after an unidentified shooter opened fire at a college university killing Kirk, a media personality and author.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Come to the table, as Republicans and Democrats, to pass solutions to the epidemic of gun violence that’s killing both of us.
    Gabby Giffords, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The military has also been targeting and destroying high-rise buildings surrounding displacement camps, crowding Gaza City’s residents into ever-smaller spaces.
    Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Ultimately, North was found guilty of destroying official documents, accepting a home security system as a gift and obstructing Congress in 1989.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Lee said the ministry is dispatching diplomats from its embassy in Washington and consulate in Atlanta to the site, and planning to form an on-site response team.
    Kim Tong-Hyung, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The plan is to pass the bill produced by that negotiation first through the House and then send it to the Senate before dispatching it to Trump for his signature.
    Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Just a few weeks ago, Chloë Sevigny was busy slaying the Venice Film Festival red carpet in extremely-cool Simone Rocha and Saint Laurent looks.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Mangione is accused of slaying UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson late last year.
    Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Some discussed potential restrictions included the ban of roosters, the ban of slaughtering chickens and requirements around upkeep.
    R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
  • These small banks are slaughtering the low expectations the market set for them.
    Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The visitors ended up massacring a village, which left her devastated.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Sense-annihilating dreck has become a generational identity that these kids can claim as their own.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 10 Sep. 2025
  • How is annihilating the world a good defensive measure?
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Apart from decimating hundreds of species, the construction of an airport, a power plant, a ship repair yard, and a township will also cut off the tiny Shompen tribe from much of their habitat.
    M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
  • That has monumentally changed college sports, of course, funneling schools into the Big Ten and SEC while decimating conferences like our old Pac-12 – but not the appeal of Pac-12 After Dark.
    Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Machine-gunning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machine-gunning. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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