: a hostile encounter in which antagonists with guns shoot at each other
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There was a gunfight between the rival gangs.
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The author has done extensive research, painting a picture of Tombstone in its heyday, with its saloons, prostitution and gunfights.
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Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2025
Admission with the gunfight is $10 or $6 just to tour the grounds.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 21 Nov. 2025
The story is actually incredible, characters feel real, writing's as good as a proper movie, and gunfights just hit different.
—PC Magazine, 19 Nov. 2025
His head was blown off by Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven, and Sharon Stone terminated him in a gunfight with a shot to the eye in The Quick and the Dead.
—Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2025
Admission with the gunfight is $10 or $6 just to tour the grounds.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 21 Nov. 2025
The story is actually incredible, characters feel real, writing's as good as a proper movie, and gunfights just hit different.
—PC Magazine, 19 Nov. 2025
His head was blown off by Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven, and Sharon Stone terminated him in a gunfight with a shot to the eye in The Quick and the Dead.
—Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gunfight
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“Gunfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunfight. Accessed 13 Dec. 2025.
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