tommy-gunned

verb

Definition of tommy-gunnednext
past tense of tommy-gun
as in destroyed

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  1. destroyed
  2. dispatched
  3. slew
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  • In the time since producing these stories, Hurricane Helene has devastated areas across North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, and Virginia, with nearly 200 dead, a million without power, and countless homes destroyed or displaced.
    Elyssa Goodman, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The wineries surrounding this area did suffer some damage, but only one had a portion of its vineyards destroyed.
    Jessica Dupuy, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of destroyed
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  • Joan pulled it together and dispatched three suitors in the rose ceremony.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Officers were dispatched after a neighbor called 911 to report that Perez had cut the wires to the complex’s fire alarm system.
    Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of dispatched
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  • Scandinavian gods and heroes such as Beowulf often slew them in the course of their duties protecting weaker people.
    Kelly DeVries, Foreign Affairs, 29 Mar. 2012
  • The telescope has, in fact, relied on a version of the one-gyro mode for all its science observations since 2021, using three gyros for slewing to a target, then stabilizing its view via a single gyro and a fine guidance sensor once data collection begins.
    Lee Billings, Scientific American, 5 June 2024
Definition of slew
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