gunfire

/ˈgʌnfaɪər/ noun [U]

Translation

› when guns are fired, or the noise that this makes

top ateşi, tüfek/tabanca ateşi

Neighbours heard gunfire and called the police.182

(Definition of gunfire noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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