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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The Turkish international also made the decisive save in the shoot-out from Kai Havertz.
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Sam Pilger, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Every episode is just compelling and action packed enough, and because police in the U.K. don’t carry guns, every episode doesn’t just end in a ridiculous shoot-out.
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025
Jabbar, who died in a shoot-out with police, had pledged loyalty to the Islamic State group in online videos posted on Dec. 31, according to the FBI.
—Sara Harmouch, The Conversation, 2 Jan. 2025
The suspect was killed days later in a shoot-out with police in Milan.
—NBC News, 21 Dec. 2024
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Sam Pilger, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Every episode is just compelling and action packed enough, and because police in the U.K. don’t carry guns, every episode doesn’t just end in a ridiculous shoot-out.
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025
Jabbar, who died in a shoot-out with police, had pledged loyalty to the Islamic State group in online videos posted on Dec. 31, according to the FBI.
—Sara Harmouch, The Conversation, 2 Jan. 2025
The suspect was killed days later in a shoot-out with police in Milan.
—NBC News, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Shoot-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot-out. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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