firefight
noun
fire·fight
ˈfī(-ə)r-ˌfīt 
1
a
: a usually brief intense exchange of fire between opposing military units
b
: a hostile confrontation that involves gunfire
Examples of firefight in a Sentence
a firefight between police and bank robbers
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Then a firefight ensues with Jim’s bodyguards, that ends with two of the bodyguards dead and Chelsea and Rick shot.
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Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 7 Apr. 2025
Roughly two hours earlier, Israeli forces had engaged in a firefight with terrorists in the same area.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Players can be in a firefight, go into a Dive for a secon,d and be right back in the middle of the battle.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
Nearly 27 years later — July 10, 2009 — Kopp’s Ranger unit attacked a Taliban safe haven and was involved in a firefight that lasted hours, killing several Taliban.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2025
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Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 7 Apr. 2025
Roughly two hours earlier, Israeli forces had engaged in a firefight with terrorists in the same area.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Players can be in a firefight, go into a Dive for a secon,d and be right back in the middle of the battle.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
Nearly 27 years later — July 10, 2009 — Kopp’s Ranger unit attacked a Taliban safe haven and was involved in a firefight that lasted hours, killing several Taliban.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for firefight
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“Firefight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/firefight. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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