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shoot-'em-up
[ shoot-uhm-uhp ]
noun
- a motion-picture or television program that emphasizes gunplay, action, and often violence.
shoot-'em-up
noun
- a type of computer game, the object of which is to shoot as many enemies, targets, etc, as possible
- a fast-moving film involving many gunfights, battles, etc
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of shoot-'em-up1
Example Sentences
Maybe you're angry for some *waves hands* reason, and need to blow off steam with some shoot-'em-up action or dissociate from your everyday reality.
Only about a third of the storytelling in “Lioness” is shoot-'em-up action, though.
That shoot-'em-up – a favorite of both mine and Samuel L. Jackson — introduces Davis as a devoted mother, community pillar and schoolteacher named Samantha Caine.
It's a brawny tale attempting to imbue its shoot-'em-up action with brains and, if not a soul, then an intriguing level of artificial intelligence.
Most of the third season premiere manifests as a shoot-'em-up interspersed with elements recognizable to anyone who has watched "The Matrix," "Blade Runner," "Johnny Mnenomic," and other cyberpunk flicks.
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