gunfight
noun
gun·fight ˈgən-ˌfīt 
: a hostile encounter in which antagonists with guns shoot at each other
gunfighter
ˈgən-ˌfī-tər
noun 
Example Sentences
There was a gunfight between the rival gangs.
Recent Examples on the Web The incident comes three weeks after the series halted production when two non-production drivers engaged in a gunfight and smashed through barricades set up for the show. 
Jessica Wang, EW.com, 9 Aug. 2022 Some bystanders filmed the gunfight with their mobile phones, though most hid behind walls, wincing when rounds cracked nearby. The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2022 Some bystanders filmed the gunfight with their mobile phones, though most hid behind walls, wincing when rounds cracked nearby. Samya Kullab And Qassim Abdul-zahra, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022 Some bystanders filmed the gunfight with their mobile phones, though most hid behind walls, wincing when rounds cracked nearby. Samya Kullab, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2022 Bystanders, seemingly oblivious to the danger, filmed the gunfight with their mobile phones. Fox News, 30 Aug. 2022 Two people who were wounded in a July Beach Park gunfight — in which their companion was killed — have been charged for their roles in the incident, police said Friday. Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022 William Felton Russell was born in 1934 in Monroe, La., where his formative memories included his grandfather’s gunfight with the Ku Klux Klan and his father diving into a ditch to dodge a bullet. Ben Cohen, WSJ, 31 July 2022 Though the water-pellet gunfight in Tremont appears to have been composed of willing participants, the rise in the use of such guns during random Cleveland assaults fits a national phenomenon that began earlier this year. cleveland, 21 July 2022 See More
Jessica Wang, EW.com, 9 Aug. 2022 Some bystanders filmed the gunfight with their mobile phones, though most hid behind walls, wincing when rounds cracked nearby. The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2022 Some bystanders filmed the gunfight with their mobile phones, though most hid behind walls, wincing when rounds cracked nearby. Samya Kullab And Qassim Abdul-zahra, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022 Some bystanders filmed the gunfight with their mobile phones, though most hid behind walls, wincing when rounds cracked nearby. Samya Kullab, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2022 Bystanders, seemingly oblivious to the danger, filmed the gunfight with their mobile phones. Fox News, 30 Aug. 2022 Two people who were wounded in a July Beach Park gunfight — in which their companion was killed — have been charged for their roles in the incident, police said Friday. Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022 William Felton Russell was born in 1934 in Monroe, La., where his formative memories included his grandfather’s gunfight with the Ku Klux Klan and his father diving into a ditch to dodge a bullet. Ben Cohen, WSJ, 31 July 2022 Though the water-pellet gunfight in Tremont appears to have been composed of willing participants, the rise in the use of such guns during random Cleveland assaults fits a national phenomenon that began earlier this year. cleveland, 21 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1659, in the meaning defined above