gunplay
the exchange of gunshots, usually with intent to wound or kill.
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How to use gunplay in a sentence
There was a large crowd of people in the area when the shots rang out, Lester said, but investigators don’t know if the gunplay kicked off at a club or another event.
Sacramento Suspect Hopped on Facebook Hours After Deadly Mass Shooting | Justin Rohrlich, William Bredderman | April 4, 2022 | The Daily BeastQuill’s guns will overheat if you continually depress the trigger, but by tapping the trigger at just the right moment, he can pull off a Gears-of-War-style active reload, which adds a rhythmic quality to the gunplay.
‘Guardians of the Galaxy’: A game with big personality | Christopher Byrd | October 29, 2021 | Washington PostOver time, the patterns of gunplay and stabbings reminded Slutkin of the diseases crossing rural Africa.
Using Strategies Reserved for Disease Outbreak, Activists Try to “Cure” Urban Violence | Sarah Kunst | April 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd the paying public seems to like simulated gunplay now as much as it did back in 1968.
Hollywood, Shootings, and ‘2 Guns’: When Is Stylized Violence Obscene? | Michael Daly | July 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd, yes, Black Friday provides the spectacle of gunplay, arrests, and casual violence.
Black Friday Doesn’t Matter: Every Day Is Cyber Monday | Daniel Gross | November 26, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
I distinctly remember one camping trip at age 12 that broke out into frightening gunplay.
Former Virginia Tech Professor: The Rising Toll of America's Gun Culture | Roland Lazenby | December 9, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was a keen boy with a hair-trigger balance, and in a gunplay he would be apt to beat the best of them all.
Gunman's Reckoning | Max BrandIf she were with him, not even Lord Nick in his madness would force on a gunplay in the presence of a woman, no doubt.
Gunman's Reckoning | Max BrandRussell foresaw a laugh at his expense and curbed himself, the sooner for his new-found consideration for Sandy's gunplay.
Rimrock Trail | J. Allan DunnThere were men among them who had fought with gunplay and who had killed but, as they were cheats, so they were cravens, at heart.
Rimrock Trail | J. Allan DunnThis was to be better than any gunplay, a gladiatorial combat to delight the hearts of frontiersmen.
Rimrock Trail | J. Allan Dunn
British Dictionary definitions for gunplay
/ (ˈɡʌnˌpleɪ) /
mainly US the use of firearms, as by criminals
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