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shootout
A violent confrontation in which people shoot at each other with firearms.
Bei der Schießerei zwischen der Polizei und den Bankräubern wurden mehrere Personen verletzt.
Several people were injured in the shootout between the police and the bank robbers.
The word is derived from the verb 'schießen' (to shoot). The ending '-erei' often denotes an intensive or chaotic action and has a negative meaning here, similar to 'Prügelei' (brawl).
Die lauten Geräusche aus dem Film klangen wie eine echte Schießerei.
The loud noises from the film sounded like a real shootout.
Common phrases are 'es kommt zu einer Schießerei' (a shootout occurs), 'in eine Schießerei geraten' (to get caught in a shootout), or 'bei einer Schießerei verletzt werden' (to be injured in a shootout).
Die Zeugen gerieten zufällig in die Schießerei.
The witnesses accidentally got caught in the shootout.
A very typical way to describe the beginning of a shootout is the impersonal expression 'es kam zu einer Schießerei' (a shootout occurred).
Zwischen den rivalisierenden Gruppen kam es zu einer heftigen Schießerei.
A fierce shootout broke out between the rival groups.
rampage
In a Schießerei, the people involved shoot at one another with firearms. An Amoklauf, by contrast, is the seemingly random attack by a single person on several people in a public place; not all those involved have to be armed.
Die Polizei sprach von einer Schießerei, weil zwei bewaffnete Gruppen aufeinander geschossen hatten.
The police described it as a shootout because two armed groups had fired at each other.
Die Polizei sprach von einem Amoklauf, weil ein einzelner Täter wahllos mehrere Menschen angegriffen hatte.
The police described it as a rampage because a lone attacker had attacked several people at random.
