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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a big shootout" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a significant or intense gunfight or confrontation, often in a dramatic or action-oriented context.
Example: "The movie culminated in a big shootout between the rival gangs, leaving the audience on the edge of their seats."
Alternatives: "a major gunfight" or "a large-scale confrontation".
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It opens with the sniper sequence and ends with a big shootout involving rapid-fire exchanges between automatic (or semiautomatic) weapons.
Always keep a loaded gun unless you are in a big shootout.
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That big shootout the other day near a Reynosa shopping mall?
The difference is that, in keeping with the imperatives of global franchise entertainment, the big shootout in "The Avengers" must be enormous, of a scale and duration that obliterates everything else.
When, on the verge of big shootout, Madden's character asks Elba: "Can I have a gun?", and gets a withering glower in return, it feels like Joe Pesci pestering Mel Gibson.
The players will be home for the weekend before embarking for the big shootout in Alaska.
The big shootout at the end of "Year of the Dog" is based on a real incident.
The big shootout between Inter's Samuel Eto'o and Barcelona's Zlatan Ibrahimovic never happened.
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