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- noun Plural form of
shoot-'em-up .
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Examples
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Mr. Carnahan has till now been pigeonholed, and rightly, by comedy shoot-'em-ups like "Smokin' Aces" and "The A-Team."
'Man on a Ledge' Does a Balancing Act John Anderson 2012
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Mr. Jackson, who is making his Broadway debut, racked up a number of solid stage credits in the late 1970s, after which he spent the next three decades making Hollywood shoot-'em-ups.
Here Comes Dr. King Terry Teachout 2011
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The show was wildly popular in its day, airing originally from 1959-1973, and in reruns since; a western more about character than shoot-'em-ups.
Archive 2010-01-01 Steve Perry 2010
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Live started out eight years ago as a hangout for matches of FIFA Soccer or shoot-'em-ups like Halo and Modern Warfare.
The Xbox Moves In Oliver Chiang 2010
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The show was wildly popular in its day, airing originally from 1959-1973, and in reruns since; a western more about character than shoot-'em-ups.
Last of the Cartwright Boys Steve Perry 2010
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Gibson has since gone on to make a mix of crowd-pleasing shoot-'em-ups such as the "Lethal Weapon" franchise, and has established himself as a director. 1995's "Braveheart" earned Gibson two Oscars for best picture and best director.
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I get a hash of forties cheapie Lash La Rue oaters; florid, wide-screen, Technicolor Douglas Sirk melodramas; lyrical Sergio Leone spaghetti Westerns; homoerotic John Woo gangster shoot-'em-ups; and even George A Romero splatterfests.
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Until recently, game fanatics played shoot-'em-ups either alone on a PC or head to head with friends on TV consoles made by the likes of Nintendo and Sony.
Log On And Shoot 2008
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Klawe has been working with Electronic Arts, an established purveyor of shoot-'em-ups, to develop a gender-neutral game for kids who are in the 10-to-14 age group.
No Boys Allowed 2008
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Influenced by the fantasy of role-playing games more than the ultra-violence of shoot-'em-ups, an early vision of Second Life came together at the annual Burning Man Festival.
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