Gunshots and Shots

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Shots and gunshots are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shots" instead a noun "Gunshots".

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Gunshots and shots are semantically related. You can use "Gunshots" instead a noun "Shots".

A hitman uses a silenced .22 (which Harry specifically mentions uses subsonic ammunition) and says that the silencer makes the shots sound like "someone slapping a heavy dictionary against a desk." The gunshots get louder as the silencer begins to give out.

Source: Hollywood Silencer
It's given a small Call Back in season four, when a gunman shoots at the outside of the Whitehouse and Josh discusses it with an applicant to the Counsel's office: Joe: You know, I though I heard what sounded like gunshots when we were talking before, but I didn't... Did you hear the shots?

Source: Series / The West Wing

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