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"shootout" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often gunfight (8 letters).
Definitions
a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten
Word origin
Deverbal from shoot out.
Used in a sentence
“64 players entered the shooutout tournament, and were divided into eight tables of eight players each. The winner in each table went on to the final table, also consisting of eight players.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Gunfight”8 letters
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