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"gunfight" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often shootout (8 letters).
Definitions
a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten
Word origin
From gun + fight.
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Shootout”8 letters
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