: 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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Plenty of gunfights and hand-to-hand combat too, all the better to keep things as fast-moving and confounding as possible.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
The relationships and the conflicts that might define or crystallize or complete these characters’ journeys never really materialize, aside from a couple of pro-forma gunfights that feel airlifted in from another, more conventional western.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 May 2025
Even certain buildings evoke memories of intense gunfights.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
What inspired you to add elements like Christian iconography and Western gunfights?
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
The relationships and the conflicts that might define or crystallize or complete these characters’ journeys never really materialize, aside from a couple of pro-forma gunfights that feel airlifted in from another, more conventional western.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 May 2025
Even certain buildings evoke memories of intense gunfights.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
What inspired you to add elements like Christian iconography and Western gunfights?
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 7 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gunfight
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“Gunfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunfight. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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