Definition of Shootouts

1. Noun. (plural of shootout) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shootouts

1. shootout [n] - See also: shootout

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shootouts

shooting spree
shooting sprees
shooting star
shooting stars
shooting stick
shooting sticks
shooting through
shootings
shootist
shootists
shootless
shootlet
shootlets
shootlike
shootout
shootouts (current term)
shoots
shoots one's load
shoots through
shooty
shop
shop-soiled
shop-walker
shop around
shop at
shop bell
shop boy

Literary usage of Shootouts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Police Violence in Argentina: Torture and Police Killings in Buenos Aires by Bell Gale Chevigny, Paul Chevigny, Americas Watch Committee (U.S.) (1991)
"... "confrontations" with the police, and so many more civilians than police are killed and wounded, suggests that some of the "shootouts" are not shootouts ..."

2. The Culture of Violence by Kumar Rupesinghe (1994)
"Their pictures of gunslingers marching to shootouts in frightened communities and outlaws holding up ..."

3. Federal Immigration Law Enforcement in the Southwest: Civil Rights Impacts by John F. Dulles (1998)
"... gunslingers who engaged in shootouts with tequila smugglers along the Rio Grande, the Border Patrol has evolved into the nation's busiest police force, ..."

4. School Violence: Views of Students & the Community: Congressional Hearings edited by Michael Castle (2001)
"At that point, I was genuinely afraid especially after constantly hearing about shootouts with innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire. ..."

5. Mexican and American Responses to the International Narcotics Threat edited by Jesse Helms (1999)
"shootouts between police officers are not uncommon occurrences. The overall situation in Mexico has reached a point where a message needs to be sent ..."

6. Nature, Extent, and Proliferation of Federal Law Enforcement: Hearing Before edited by Bill McCollum (1998)
"But, suU, I think the chairman probably had in mind the fact, hell, we've >ad shootouts among l-rvv enforcement organizations. ..."

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