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Definition of machine-gun verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

machine-gun

verb
 
/məˈʃiːn ɡʌn/
 
/məˈʃiːn ɡʌn/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they machine-gun
 
/məˈʃiːn ɡʌn/
 
/məˈʃiːn ɡʌn/
he / she / it machine-guns
 
/məˈʃiːn ɡʌnz/
 
/məˈʃiːn ɡʌnz/
past simple machine-gunned
 
/məˈʃiːn ɡʌnd/
 
/məˈʃiːn ɡʌnd/
past participle machine-gunned
 
/məˈʃiːn ɡʌnd/
 
/məˈʃiːn ɡʌnd/
-ing form machine-gunning
 
/məˈʃiːn ɡʌnɪŋ/
 
/məˈʃiːn ɡʌnɪŋ/
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  1. machine-gun somebody/something to shoot somebody/something with a machine gun
    • A group of prisoners was taken into the forest and machine-gunned.
    Topics War and conflictc2
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