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  • noun Plural form of shoot-'em-up.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    MEL GIBSON DIVORCE: Wife Files Papers In Split 2009

  • 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.

    GreenCine Daily: Tears of the Black Tiger. 2007

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Is Google the Future for Virtual Worlds? Exclusive Interview on Second Life, Showtime, Chouchou and More With Wagner James Au 2008

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