noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bomb/shotgun/nuclear etc blast
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A bomb blast completely destroyed the building.
pump-action shotgun/rifle
sawn-off shotgun
shotgun wedding
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
blast
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The cause of death was a shotgun blast at close range, and police are now investigating the illegal killing.
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They frequently shifted and broke apart under the warming sun, sounding like thunder, booming cannonades and shotgun blasts .
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He was killed by a shotgun blast while supposedly resisting arrest.
■ VERB
arm
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Five raiders armed with sawn-off shotguns , rifles and machetes stole more than £10,000 from Dry, part of the Factory empire.
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Read in studio A masked robber armed with a shotgun has held up a newsagent's shop.
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The court heard there were four men in the gang, all wearing balaclava helmets and armed with two sawn-off shotguns .
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He was armed with a shotgun but no shots were fired.
fire
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But at Stillington a shot was fired from a 12-bore shotgun .
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Reynolds said a 12-year-old boy who actually fired the shotgun was turned over to juvenile authorities.
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I hadn't felt like this when I'd seen him firing the shotgun .
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Johnny Robinson, 16, was shot in the back by a policeman who fired a shotgun at him.
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When it got to that distance, I just stuck up the M79 and fired off a shotgun shell.
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We test-\#fired the shotgun one day.
ride
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Terri settled for riding shotgun up front with Robin and brooding darkly for the entire journey.
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I looked, and I saw women riding shotgun .
take
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Male speaker I would take out my shotgun ... Voice over Mr Cox has put up a plaque explaining the stones.
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Another guy, he took a shotgun and blasted four secretaries at Adelphi College.
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He took a shotgun with him, to bring home a few birds, as he walked, should he see any.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Agents can also check out 12-gauge Remington shotguns.
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But the thug pulled out a shotgun , ordered the officer to lie on the ground and jumped into the car.
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My first reaction was to scan the angry opposition mob for shotguns, pistols, slingshots, and M-80s.
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One thing that might help George is the shotgun formation.
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Rory fell on to his side; the shotgun roared and the rear of the couch blew open in a dusty horsehair explosion.
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The arsonists also buried 32 shotgun cartridges in the pitch.
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Wallace finally deployed state troopers, who used shotguns and indiscriminate beating to suppress the blacks.