: a hostile encounter in which antagonists with guns shoot at each other
Examples of gunfight in a Sentence
There was a gunfight between the rival gangs.
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Three men with connections to a Venezuelan gang have been charged after a fatal gunfight broke out at a multiday party at a mountain rental in Pennsylvania, officials said.
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Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
Archangel-Ortiz and Duarte were killed in the gunfight and two other officers were injured.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Season two has featured its fair share of chases and gunfights already, but with the protagonists coming from such a reactive place, there hasn’t been a chance for a proper undercover operation since the all-too-brief Bangkok sequence in the premiere.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
That’s the equivalent of going into a gunfight at the O.K. Corral with just a water pistol.
—Antwan Staley, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2025
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Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
Archangel-Ortiz and Duarte were killed in the gunfight and two other officers were injured.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Season two has featured its fair share of chases and gunfights already, but with the protagonists coming from such a reactive place, there hasn’t been a chance for a proper undercover operation since the all-too-brief Bangkok sequence in the premiere.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
That’s the equivalent of going into a gunfight at the O.K. Corral with just a water pistol.
—Antwan Staley, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Gunfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunfight. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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