: 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 gunfight erupted July 15 on West Innes Street near Salisbury, which is about a 40-mile drive northeast from uptown Charlotte.
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Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2026
Police said officers shot the suspect and his grandmother during the gunfight, and that the suspect also hit one officer in the ballistic vest.
—Chase Rogers, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026
As San Jose police and other law enforcement agencies converged on the site, authorities say Husien rushed a police sergeant who had just arrived and opened fire, touching off a close-range gunfight in which the sergeant was grazed in the head by a bullet.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
In 2008, a gunfight broke out as the crowd left the show.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
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Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2026
Police said officers shot the suspect and his grandmother during the gunfight, and that the suspect also hit one officer in the ballistic vest.
—Chase Rogers, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026
As San Jose police and other law enforcement agencies converged on the site, authorities say Husien rushed a police sergeant who had just arrived and opened fire, touching off a close-range gunfight in which the sergeant was grazed in the head by a bullet.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
In 2008, a gunfight broke out as the crowd left the show.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
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 12 Feb. 2026.
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