shoot sb dead
Frequency: 7.525.0 per million words
to kill someone by shooting them
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Examples (20)
- Gunmen shot two unarmed police officers dead.
- The outlaw was shot dead by the sheriff.
- The intruder was reportedly shot dead by the homeowner.
- Witnesses reported seeing the suspect shot dead on the street.
- "If you betray us, they will shoot you dead on the spot," the gang leader warned.
- The hunter accidentally shot dead a deer that wandered too close.
- He feared that the soldiers would shoot him dead if he surrendered.
- Authorities confirmed that the fugitive was shot dead while resisting arrest.
- In the movie, the hero shoots the villain dead in the final scene.
- In the old Western movies, villains were often shot dead in duels.
- The tragic video showed the suspect being shot dead during the chase.
- The security guard was ordered to shoot dead any intruders.
- The poacher shot the rare tiger dead.
- It is a tragic end when someone is shot dead over a trivial matter.
- The victim had been shot dead long before the police arrived.
- The report stated that the target was shot dead from a distance.
- A soldier was court-martialed for shooting a prisoner dead.
- They feared that the captured spy would be shot dead.
- The officer who shot the man dead is now under investigation.
- The incident involved a confrontation where one person was shot dead.