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shootout
[ shoot-out ]
noun
- 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 (39 meters) from the goal line, in an attempt to kick the ball past the rival goalkeeper in under five seconds.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of shootout1
Example Sentences
A strong showing for Williams in sixth and seventh underlined the troubles of Ferrari, where Leclerc was 0.483secs off the pace and Hamilton failed to make it into the top 10 shootout.
Brian Montana, a former guitarist for the Bay Area death metal band Possessed, was killed in a shootout with police in South San Francisco.
However the teenager improved as the match went on and broke back in leg eight before seeing out the game with a last-leg shootout win.
Although it is set in an unnamed US city, all of it - including car chases and shootouts - was filmed in Wales.
Indeed, they've only lost once in all competitions in 2024-25, beaten in a penalty shootout by Reims in the last 32 of the Coupe de France.
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