gunned

British

/ ɡʌnd /

adjective

1. having a gun or guns as specified
  
  heavily gunned
2. ( in combination )
  
  three-gunned

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He gunned the car and we drove up, twisting and turning on a blacktop-paved road.

From Literature

The engine gave out a sudden gunned roar as he rolled the fat car up really fast, then braked sharply, three or four feet away from me.

From Literature

Later that day, ICE agents operating in Minneapolis couldn’t successfully execute an operation in a neighborhood less than a mile from where George Floyd was gunned down six years ago.

From Salon

Less than a month before he was gunned down in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy gave a memorable speech — the last major one of his life — at Amherst College.

From Salon

Abu Warda gunned the tractor’s engine, pushing it faster as he passed the shell of a seaside cafe where his family once stopped for tea and grilled chicken on weekend sojourns.

From Los Angeles Times

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