shootout
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.
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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.
‘Loser points’ could produce some unlikely winners in 2021 NHL season | Neil Greenberg | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostIf the Bills were going to win, it was probably going to be in a shootout.
The Chiefs Defense Used Four Big Safeties To Get To The Super Bowl | Josh Hermsmeyer | January 28, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightChad 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.
Four big questions for the NFL’s conference championship games | John Clayton | January 19, 2021 | Washington PostLike many in the city, he has had his own experience of being close to a shootout.
The apps keeping Rio’s residents safe from stray bullets | Niall Firth | November 26, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewFirst it lost a shootout to Miami, then recovered to handle Florida State.
College football winners and losers for Week 12: Northwestern on track for Big Ten title game | Patrick Stevens | November 22, 2020 | Washington Post
Even though my character got killed in that first episode it was a pretty shootout scene.
Porn Stars on the Year in Porn: Drone Erotica, Belle Knox, and Wild Sex | Aurora Snow | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMorales 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.
Tom Sizemore’s Revenge: On Tom Cruise’s Scientology Recruitment, Drugs, and Craving a Comeback | Marlow Stern | September 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHeard tell of gunfighters knotchin' their irons for each man they take in a shootout.
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British Dictionary definitions for shoot out
to fight to the finish by shooting (esp in the phrase shoot it out)
a conclusive gunfight
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