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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The finale-episode shoot-out felt like an act of throwing up one’s hands and admitting defeat at the hands of a runaway plot.
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2025
The shoot-out was incredibly tense, but the home side won by four goals to three when the final Nacional kick-taker Marino Hinestroza failed to convert.
—Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
In May 2024, the head-to-head dis track shoot-out between Drake and Kendrick Lamar escalated sharply.
—Christine Werthman, Billboard, 14 Aug. 2025
The six-episode season takes audiences across Europe — the program filmed for some months in Athens, Greece — with Hawes and Highmore at their very best through shoot-outs, yacht bust-ups and moped getaways.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2025
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2025
The shoot-out was incredibly tense, but the home side won by four goals to three when the final Nacional kick-taker Marino Hinestroza failed to convert.
—Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
In May 2024, the head-to-head dis track shoot-out between Drake and Kendrick Lamar escalated sharply.
—Christine Werthman, Billboard, 14 Aug. 2025
The six-episode season takes audiences across Europe — the program filmed for some months in Athens, Greece — with Hawes and Highmore at their very best through shoot-outs, yacht bust-ups and moped getaways.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 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 10 Sep. 2025.
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