Also means
ruin, wreck (informal)
Usage Note
Flinguer is a slang verb meaning to shoot someone or to destroy something. Il s'est fait flinguer means 'he got shot'. In a looser sense, flinguer une voiture means 'to wreck a car'. It belongs firmly to colloquial or argot register.
Examples
"Il a failli se faire flinguer."
Natural Translation
He almost got shot.

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