: 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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In terms of violence, it's got plenty of gunfight and action scenes, plus one somewhat main character gets shot in the face early in the movie.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 May 2025
An Austin, Texas, police SWAT team responding to a gunfight, blew up the front door of Glen and Mindy Shields' home in 2023 causing thousands of dollars in property damage.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
Bullets from the gunfight struck the boy, who was not involved, according to police.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 6 Apr. 2025
In the hit western, Kurt Russell stars as Earp, the legendary frontiersman, and the movie climaxes with the October 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral—the most famous gunfight in American history, and the foundation of modern Tombstone’s identity.
—Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 3 May 2025
An Austin, Texas, police SWAT team responding to a gunfight, blew up the front door of Glen and Mindy Shields' home in 2023 causing thousands of dollars in property damage.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
Bullets from the gunfight struck the boy, who was not involved, according to police.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 6 Apr. 2025
In the hit western, Kurt Russell stars as Earp, the legendary frontiersman, and the movie climaxes with the October 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral—the most famous gunfight in American history, and the foundation of modern Tombstone’s identity.
—Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 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 6 May. 2025.
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