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What does gunfire mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word gunfire? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. Shots from a gun or guns, typically creating loud report.
  2. (chiefly military) The use of gunpowder-type weapons, mainly cannon, as opposed to swords or bayonets.
  3. (military) The time of firing of the morning gun or the evening gun.
  4. (army slang) Tea, a cup of tea, especially one served early in the morning before first parade.
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That's when I heard the gunfire. A constant rat-a-tat of machine guns and the screaming of women mixed with the sounds of battle.
The shockwaves of that first gunfire are still being felt in aboriginal communities today throughout the country.
They allow the student to hear range commands over the gunfire of other students.
Sailors and supplies were landed during the night while heavy gunfire was concentrated on the Royalists.
Three of the soldiers that I knew as comrades were seriously wounded by shrapnel and gunfire.
Police kept reporters, rescue workers and human rights monitors away from the prison until the gunfire faded.

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