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Meanings of firefight in English
Synonyms
Examples for "shootout"
Examples for "shootout"
1
A defence department statement later said the shootout took place in Tamaulipas.
2
It said one policeman was slightly injured in the shootout on Monday.
3
It is easy to present this meeting as a kind of shootout.
4
GRAPHIC: Watch the CIT guard win his shootout with armed robbers here:
5
The game was a shootout despite two future Hall of Fame goalies.
1
Suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev died after a gunfight with police several days later.
2
The TPNPB said was victim was a civilian and no gunfight happened.
3
Always a bad moment, seeing you brought a knife to a gunfight.
4
One officer and another security guard were also shot in the gunfight.
5
A claimed 40-minute gunfight between the SEALs and al-Qaida operatives never happened.
Usage of firefight in English
1
Three soldiers including an officer were wounded in the firefight, police said.
2
Her voice had the same professional calm she'd used in the firefight.
3
At every firefight they took weapons from dead soldiers and armed themselves.
4
But in a firefight, the Iraqi general escapes, leaving behind that notebook.
5
On-board private security guards repelled the assault after a 30 minute firefight.
6
You might find yourself in a firefight where there are civilians around.
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One Thai and three Cambodian soldiers died in a firefight last October.
8
Everything was moving in slomo now as it does in a firefight.
9
Security forces retook the building after killing the militants in a firefight.
10
The pilot ejected and was killed during a firefight on the ground.
11
I haven't gone this long without a firefight in fifteen years.
12
They were later gunned down in a firefight, local officials said.
13
Five army officers were also wounded during the firefight, Armaan said.
14
The firefight took place in the province of Hakkari, bordering Iraq and Iran.
15
Rico said one police officer was wounded during a 30-minute firefight.
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It could change the nature of any firefight in a heartbeat.
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Firefight through the time
Firefight across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common