firefight
noun
fire·fight
ˈfī(-ə)r-ˌfīt 
1
a
: a usually brief intense exchange of fire between opposing military units
b
: a hostile confrontation that involves gunfire
Examples of firefight in a Sentence
a firefight between police and bank robbers
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But the team is waiting, having leaned on their confidential informants to build up a makeshift arsenal, and a firefight ensues.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 21 May 2025
One anecdote — where Kyle and his fellow Navy SEALs dine with a pro-insurgency civilian family, ultimately getting into a firefight — never actually happened.
—Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
There are car park shootouts, tense showdowns in diners, and most notoriously, one of the best firefights ever committed to screen, shot in downtown LA to a backdrop of screaming pedestrians and raging traffic.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
Much as the concussive sound design, abject lack of context, and indistinguishable casting might suggest that a similar film could have been made about any number of firefights, Garland’s forensic attention to the minutiae of what happened proves unexpectedly personal by the end.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2025
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 21 May 2025
One anecdote — where Kyle and his fellow Navy SEALs dine with a pro-insurgency civilian family, ultimately getting into a firefight — never actually happened.
—Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025
There are car park shootouts, tense showdowns in diners, and most notoriously, one of the best firefights ever committed to screen, shot in downtown LA to a backdrop of screaming pedestrians and raging traffic.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
Much as the concussive sound design, abject lack of context, and indistinguishable casting might suggest that a similar film could have been made about any number of firefights, Garland’s forensic attention to the minutiae of what happened proves unexpectedly personal by the end.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for firefight
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“Firefight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/firefight. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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