: 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 driver was later brought down by a barrage of bullets after a brief gunfight with law enforcement officials.
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Becket Adams, National Review, 5 Jan. 2025
In its place came strip clubs, adult bookstores and seedy massage parlors that, along with government corruption scandals and a deadly Wild West-style gunfight involving the town’s then-police chief, fueled Brooklyn’s past notoriety as a dangerous den of vice.
—Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
Jabbar was killed in a gunfight with law enforcement officers, New Orleans police said.
—Cameron MacDonald, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
He was shot and killed during a gunfight with police.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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Becket Adams, National Review, 5 Jan. 2025
In its place came strip clubs, adult bookstores and seedy massage parlors that, along with government corruption scandals and a deadly Wild West-style gunfight involving the town’s then-police chief, fueled Brooklyn’s past notoriety as a dangerous den of vice.
—Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
Jabbar was killed in a gunfight with law enforcement officers, New Orleans police said.
—Cameron MacDonald, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2025
He was shot and killed during a gunfight with police.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Gunfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunfight. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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