firefight
Noun
Meaning
firefight (plural firefights)
A skirmish involving an exchange of gunfire.
Synonyms
Phrases with the word
Examples
About 400 personnel from VCFD, the Los Angeles County Fire Department and other surrounding agencies were taking part in the firefight.
After a fierce firefight, the rebels withdrew.
April 20 (UPI) -- Police in Texas have fatally shot an armed man during a firefight after the suspect hijacked a bus and led officers on a chase through several cities in the state, authorities said.
A massive firefight at the Jashari compound led to the massacre of 60 Albanians, of which eighteen were women and ten were under the age of sixteen. citation This March 5, 1998 event provoked massive condemnation from the western capitals.
After a failed attempt to leave Marseille following a confrontational firefight between the terrorists and the GIGN French Special Forces, the result was the death of all four terrorists.
A picture taken from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip shows an Israeli tank near the border fence with the coastal enclave on August 1, 2019, following a firefight with a Palestinian gunman.