Definition of "shoot-em-up" []

• Alternative spelling of shoot 'em up. (noun)

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• "All the shoot-em-up arcade game depictions of the war between a US-like Rome and the Balkan-like Volscians, and the putting of Shakespeare's lines into the mouths of newscasters such as Peter Snow, seem moot since those very words describe defunct codes of military honour."
• "However in some ways, I felt the same as I do after watching a really violent, "blow-em-up, shoot-em-up, drop-em-dead" film, especially when I'm with a bunch of "normal" people."
• "I've made it so far through four episodes — and will probably watch more if they're supplied to me — and was even reminded at times of a more cartoonish MI-6 one of my spy faves in the way it's willing to sacrifice key characters, so also like 24, it keeps you a bit on edge even as it traffics in its almost ridiculously macho shoot-em-up antics."