Noun
a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten
Source: WordNetOne time, I was watching a shootout live on CNN, and it went on for so long that the criminal eventually shot himself. And the cops are complaining by saying, "He's got on body armor, he's got on body armor!" And I'm thinking, "I can see his head! Shoot him in his fuckin' head!" Ron White
Tamerlan Tsarnaev is telling no tales. The older of the two brothers who committed the Boston Marathon bombings was likely the one who planned the attack, but when he died in a shootout with police just days after the blasts, his thoughts and motivations vanished with him. Jeffrey Kluger
The heavyweight class was impressive, and when the lineup emerged on stage, it was evident that it would be a shootout between Murray and Iris Kyle. Iris Kyle
A 16-year-old charged in connection with a St. Paul shootout that injured two about a block from Allianze Field this past October was convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm and ordered to spend several months in a group home and shelter program. Source: Internet
According to UN reports, the border fence in the area is actually inside Israel's international border. citation The UNIFIL force stationed in the south described the shootout as a "serious incident". Source: Internet
Added backup goalie Charlie Lindgren, who stopped 20 of 24 shots during the game and all three shooters in the shootout: “That spoke volumes of being able to come back from a 3-0 deficit and end up winning a big hockey game. Source: Internet