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I was shooting a bikini promotion in Mahe in the Seychelles in 1980 when there was a military coup and I, along with a roomful of other people, ended up being kidnapped and held hostage at gunpoint in a windowless room with no ventilation for 36 hours.
Brigitte Nielsen

Meaning of "at gunpoint" in the English dictionary

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AT GUNPOINT

at close quarters
at cross-purposes
at daggers drawn
at death´s door
at ease
at every turn
at fault
at first blush
at first hand
at grade
at hand
at hazard
at heart
at home
at home in
at intervals
at issue
at knife-point
at large
at last

WORDS THAT END LIKE AT GUNPOINT

access point
appoint
at knife-point
beside the point
checkpoint
cut-off point
disappoint
joint
midpoint
pick-up point
pinpoint
point
power point
price point
standpoint
starting point
talking point
to the point
try for a point
up to a point
viewpoint

Synonyms and antonyms of at gunpoint in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «at gunpoint» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AT GUNPOINT

Find out the translation of at gunpoint to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of at gunpoint from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «at gunpoint» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

在枪口
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

a punta de pistola
570 millions of speakers

English

at gunpoint
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बंदूक की नोक पर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تحت تهديد السلاح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

под дулом пистолета
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

à mão armada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বন্দুক পয়েন্টে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

au bout du fusil
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pada tembakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mit vorgehaltener Waffe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

銃を突きつけて
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

총구 에서
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing gunpoint
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dùng súng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துப்பாக்கி முனையில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बंदुकीचा धाक दाखवून
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

silah zoruyla
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

a mano armata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

na muszce
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

під дулом пістолета
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sub amenințarea cu arma
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

με την απειλή όπλου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

´n vuurwapen aangehou
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

under vapenhot
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

med pistol
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of at gunpoint

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AT GUNPOINT»

The term «at gunpoint» is regularly used and occupies the 55.955 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about at gunpoint

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2 QUOTES WITH «AT GUNPOINT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word at gunpoint.
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Stephen Gaghan
It's rare in Hollywood to get the chance to work on something that you actually care about. The tragedy of the place is all these talented people trying to get excited about stuff they themselves would only view at gunpoint.
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Brigitte Nielsen
I was shooting a bikini promotion in Mahe in the Seychelles in 1980 when there was a military coup and I, along with a roomful of other people, ended up being kidnapped and held hostage at gunpoint in a windowless room with no ventilation for 36 hours.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AT GUNPOINT»

Discover the use of at gunpoint in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to at gunpoint and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Health at Gunpoint: The FDA's Silent War Against Health Freedom
These are the central questions explored in Health at Gunpoint, a book that brings into clear focus the silent war being waged by the FDA against American consumers.
James J. Gormley, 2013
2
Hostage: A Year at Gunpoint with Somali Pirates
The book chronicles the aftermath of the attack, and how the Chandlers' captors held them in Somalia for more than a year while trying to extort millions of dollars from their middle-class family.
Paul Chandler, Rachel Chandler, Sarah Edworthy, 2012
3
A Child At Gunpoint: A Case Study In The Life Of A Photo
This book will interest anyone wishing to know more about the photo of the boy with raised hands, taken in the Warsaw ghetto in 1943, and widely considered the single most striking image we have of the Holocaust.
Richard Raskin, 2004
4
Love at Gunpoint: Poems
nila northSun's poems are written with emotional honesty and biting elegance; they embrace her tribal identity and confront the challenges of being a contemporary American woman.
Nila NorthSun, 2007
5
Rescued at Gunpoint: Heralyn Toling's Spiritual and High ...
Heralyn Toling's Spiritual and High School Diaries Heralyn Toling. the U.S. Military Academy. If I am not accepted to West Point next year, I will not stop trying . This scholarship will help me achieve my laudable future goals. THE LAKESIDE  ...
Heralyn Toling, 2008
6
Truth at Gunpoint
Hogan assembles a fascinating cast of characters--from reluctant killers to jaded army generals--in this brilliant collection of virtually all of his short stories.
Ray Hogan, 2006
7
Crisis in the Academy: Rethinking Higher Education in America
Part of the remedy, he further alleges, will require a movement toward deemphasizing the importance placed on "scholarship at gunpoint." The result of not having done so long ago is apparent to all: a veritable tsunami of professorial writing ...
Christopher J. Lucas, 1998
8
Sent Off at Gunpoint: The Willie Johnston Story
In this book, Willie Johnston lays bare the truth about what happened in Argentina and how he was made a pariah by the Scottish football authorities. He would never win another cap and was deemed persona non grata for many years.
Willie Johnston, Tom Bullimore, 2009
9
Breastfeeding Pelican Skulls at Gunpoint
Sixty three pieces of surreal prose...colorful and peculiar images abound inside this pages. Somewhere between your pastel daydreams and your neon nightmares there lies the option of: "Breastfeeding Pelican Skulls At Gunpoint."
Chauncey J. Stromie, 2006
10
Writing at Gunpoint: Blog. Or Else.
Or, maybe you just want to become a better writer. Whatever the reason, the goal of this book is to help you become a more comfortable, more prolific and proficient writer.
John P. Jones, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AT GUNPOINT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term at gunpoint is used in the context of the following news items.
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Durban jogger kidnapped at gunpoint
“The woman was out jogging at around 04:55 when a motorist saw the gang hold her up at gunpoint and force her into their car,” he said. «News24, Jul 15»
2
Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro held at gunpoint for second time in …
Armed thieves carjacked Rio de Janeiro's archbishop, making off with his car and briefly holding the driver hostage in the 2016 Olympic host ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Fulton County judge carjacked at gunpoint
The scene where a Fulton County judge was carjacked at gunpoint, ... police said someone carjacked a Fulton County judge at gunpoint. «WSB Atlanta, Jul 15»
4
Bikers getting robbed at gunpoint
Johannesburg - A warning has been circulating on social media about motorbikers being robbed at the William Nicol off-ramp on the N1 North. «Independent Online, Jul 15»
5
Opelika business robbed at gunpoint
"An unknown suspect produced a handgun and robbed the cashier of an undisclosed amount of cash," the Opelika Police Department reports. «Opelika Auburn News, Jul 15»
6
Pregnant Kendall Woman Robbed At Gunpoint
Miami-Dade police have asked for the public's help in finding two people who robbed a Kendall woman at gun point. (Source: Miami-Dade ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
7
Robbers crash truck into store, hold clerk at gunpoint
The clerk said several men crashed a white pickup into the store and robbed him at gunpoint. They then loaded up the store's ATM and sped off ... «KHOU, Jul 15»
8
Man robbed, carjacked at gunpoint on Jefferson Street
According to Metro police, the victim was in the parking lot on the 1800 block of Jefferson Street when he was approached by a man with a handgun. «WMC Action News 5, Jul 15»
9
Woman robbed at gunpoint in Laurel County home
(WTVQ) - The Laurel County Sheriff's Office says deputies are looking for two men who robbed a woman at gunpoint in her home late Friday ... «WTVQ, Jul 15»
10
Jonesboro police investigate rape, abduction at gunpoint
A Jonesboro woman claims a man forced her into his car at gunpoint and raped her several times. According to the Jonesboro police report, the ... «KAIT, Jul 15»

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