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
Examples of shoot-out in a Sentence
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But what struck me was the talking black cat and the killer clown having a shoot-out with the KGB, bullets flying everywhere, and, impossibly, no one getting hit.
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Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024
The murderous shoot-out at Club Polina that grievously injured yakuza boss Hitoshi Ishida (Shun Sagata) and killed suave customer Masahiro Ohno (Takayuki Suzuki) still has unanswered questions.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2024
But this is really about the rush of watching Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt making goo-goo eyes at each other in between the occasional explosions, high-pursuit car chases, shoot-outs and industry in-jokes.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
After dispatching a penalty in regular time, Troost-Ekong made no mistake during the subsequent shoot-out to help send his side into the final in Abidjan.
—Callum Sutherland, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
The script called for Baldwin’s character, an outlaw named Harland Rust, to prepare for a shoot-out in the chapel.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
Boasting all the one-liners, shoot-outs, and stunts one would expect from the genre — all grounded in the seedy world of the '70s L.A.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 17 Jan. 2024
David Wilkins San Jose Israeli destruction of Gaza not about security
After terrorists attacked the Boston Marathon, one of the suspects was fatally injured during a shoot-out with police.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024
But after a controversial shoot-out, Givens is sent home to Harlan County.
—Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 28 July 2023
Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024
The murderous shoot-out at Club Polina that grievously injured yakuza boss Hitoshi Ishida (Shun Sagata) and killed suave customer Masahiro Ohno (Takayuki Suzuki) still has unanswered questions.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2024
But this is really about the rush of watching Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt making goo-goo eyes at each other in between the occasional explosions, high-pursuit car chases, shoot-outs and industry in-jokes.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
After dispatching a penalty in regular time, Troost-Ekong made no mistake during the subsequent shoot-out to help send his side into the final in Abidjan.
—Callum Sutherland, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
The script called for Baldwin’s character, an outlaw named Harland Rust, to prepare for a shoot-out in the chapel.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
Boasting all the one-liners, shoot-outs, and stunts one would expect from the genre — all grounded in the seedy world of the '70s L.A.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 17 Jan. 2024
David Wilkins San Jose Israeli destruction of Gaza not about security
After terrorists attacked the Boston Marathon, one of the suspects was fatally injured during a shoot-out with police.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024
But after a controversial shoot-out, Givens is sent home to Harlan County.
—Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 28 July 2023
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“Shoot-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot-out. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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