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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As they near the island, Jun-ho finds Park Gyeong-seok (Lee Jin-wook), or Player 246, in the middle of a shoot-out at sea and saves him.
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Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 27 June 2025
On June 26, 1975, Agents Williams and Coler were at the reservation to serve warrants for robbery and assault, according to the F.B.I., when a shoot-out ensued.
—Nick Estes, New Yorker, 26 June 2025
With music and lyrics by David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, and a book by Itamar Moses, Dead Outlaw tells the strange-but-true tale of Elmer McCurdy, a bank robber killed in a shoot-out in 1911.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 20 June 2025
Any film whose story is told through typically violent spectacle, including fights, chases, explosions, shoot-outs, and other stuntwork.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 28 May 2025
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Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 27 June 2025
On June 26, 1975, Agents Williams and Coler were at the reservation to serve warrants for robbery and assault, according to the F.B.I., when a shoot-out ensued.
—Nick Estes, New Yorker, 26 June 2025
With music and lyrics by David Yazbek and Erik Della Penna, and a book by Itamar Moses, Dead Outlaw tells the strange-but-true tale of Elmer McCurdy, a bank robber killed in a shoot-out in 1911.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 20 June 2025
Any film whose story is told through typically violent spectacle, including fights, chases, explosions, shoot-outs, and other stuntwork.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 28 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for shoot-out
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“Shoot-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoot-out. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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