: a hostile encounter in which antagonists with guns shoot at each other
Examples of gunfight in a Sentence
There was a gunfight between the rival gangs.
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In late March, a bloody gunfight took place near the school between police and their citizen supporters, and armed groups.
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Websder Corneille, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 June 2024
Did a notorious gunfight really happen in Fort Worth’s Hell’s Half Acre?
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 June 2024
That sequence of events ignited a high-speed interstate chase — and ended in the gunfight that killed two innocent men as well as robbery suspects Lamar Alexander and Ronnie Jerome Hill.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 June 2024
Martin fired 28 shots in gunfight The Martin brothers were arrested April 20 in connection with the shootout at 10th and K streets as bars let out the night of April 3.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 8 June 2024
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Websder Corneille, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 June 2024
Did a notorious gunfight really happen in Fort Worth’s Hell’s Half Acre?
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 June 2024
That sequence of events ignited a high-speed interstate chase — and ended in the gunfight that killed two innocent men as well as robbery suspects Lamar Alexander and Ronnie Jerome Hill.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 June 2024
Martin fired 28 shots in gunfight The Martin brothers were arrested April 20 in connection with the shootout at 10th and K streets as bars let out the night of April 3.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 8 June 2024
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“Gunfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunfight. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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