shoot-out
noun
1
: a battle fought with handguns or rifles
2
: something resembling a shoot-out
broadly
: showdown
3
: a shooting competition in overtime that is used to determine the winner of a game (as in soccer or hockey) tied at the end of regular play
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Their explosive investigation gets even more dangerous as Mike and Marcus must protect murder witness Julie (Téa Leoni) from a French drug kingpin and his deadly henchmen after surviving a shoot-out.
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Rendy Jones, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Alex then stayed onboard the train to seek medical attention for her frostbite in Bozeman, while a shoot-out ensued at the Livingston train station.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 6 Apr. 2025
The eerie minute of film features a brutal shoot-out between multiple characters, and the footage ends with the sounds of bullets being fired.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
They are believed to have fled on foot following the shoot-out, authorities added.
—Latoya Gayle, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
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Rendy Jones, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Alex then stayed onboard the train to seek medical attention for her frostbite in Bozeman, while a shoot-out ensued at the Livingston train station.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 6 Apr. 2025
The eerie minute of film features a brutal shoot-out between multiple characters, and the footage ends with the sounds of bullets being fired.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
They are believed to have fled on foot following the shoot-out, authorities added.
—Latoya Gayle, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shoot-out
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“Shoot-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot-out. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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