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shoot out

/shoot-out/US // ˈʃutˌaʊt //

枪战,射击,枪决,枪击事件

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a gunfight that must end in defeat for one side or the other, as between gunfighters in the Old West, criminal groups, or law-enforcement officers and criminals.
    • : Slang. any military conflict or skirmish.
    • : Slang. a high-scoring or intensely played game or tournament, as of basketball or ice hockey.
    • : Soccer. a method of breaking a tie score at the end of overtime in which five players from each team alternate shooting at the opponent's goal, starting from a spot 35 yards from the goal line, in an attempt to kick the ball past the rival goalkeeper in under five seconds.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inradiate
as incombat

Examples

  • The Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston Bruins and Buffalo Sabres each have at least half of their standings points as a result of overtime games or shoot outs and the Bruins lead the league with 10 points from overtime wins and shootouts.

  • If the Bills were going to win, it was probably going to be in a shootout.

  • Chad Henne did a great job of replacing Mahomes in Sunday’s 22-17 win over the Cleveland Browns, but it’s a lot to ask any backup quarterback to win a shootout against Allen and the Bills.

  • Like many in the city, he has had his own experience of being close to a shootout.

  • First it lost a shootout to Miami, then recovered to handle Florida State.

  • Even though my character got killed in that first episode it was a pretty shootout scene.

  • Morales made his way to Mexico, where an effort to capture him led to a shootout, which ended with a local cop being killed.

  • His game lasts until his final ship has either collided with an asteroid or lost a shootout with an enemy saucer.

  • “So maybe I get trapped here or something and have to have a John Wayne shootout,” McMullen told CNN.

  • Downtown L.A. was basically just Skid Row back then, and we closed it down to shoot that shootout sequence.

  • Heard tell of gunfighters knotchin' their irons for each man they take in a shootout.