gunfight
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noun
a battle between two or more people or groups armed with guns, especially a confrontation between two gunfighters using revolvers in the frontier days of the American West.
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gunfight (ˈɡʌnˌfaɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| chiefly (US) a fight between persons using firearms | |
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| 'gunfighting | |
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Example sentences
It started as a fistfight, but evolved into a gunfight.
The train ride provides interesting entertainment including a gunfight, fiddlers and guitarists.
As the suspects ran up a steep flight of stairs, the officers engaged them in a gunfight.
The explosives detonated as a gunfight broke out with security personnel.
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