: a hostile encounter in which antagonists with guns shoot at each other
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There was a gunfight between the rival gangs.
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The plot gets more ridiculous from there but everyone in the cast — especially Evans — sells it with a wink while director/co-screenwriter George Huang stages martial-arts brawls and gunfights.
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
In nearby Pinal County Historical Museum, 715 S. Main St., visitors can wander past a room of lovely cactus furniture built in the 1930s, get the details on a famous gunfight and learn more about the state prison.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
To rescue him without starting an all-out gunfight, Knight sacrifices her sweet new California ride, plowing it into the van.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2024
There is a gunfight sequence, glimpsed in the trailer for Tubi‘s 90-minute Wynonna: Earp Vengeance special, that in full is pretty damn cool.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 9 Sep. 2024
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
In nearby Pinal County Historical Museum, 715 S. Main St., visitors can wander past a room of lovely cactus furniture built in the 1930s, get the details on a famous gunfight and learn more about the state prison.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2024
To rescue him without starting an all-out gunfight, Knight sacrifices her sweet new California ride, plowing it into the van.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2024
There is a gunfight sequence, glimpsed in the trailer for Tubi‘s 90-minute Wynonna: Earp Vengeance special, that in full is pretty damn cool.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Gunfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunfight. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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