shoot 'em up

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A short story, novel, television show, film, computer game, or other narrative which depicts considerable gunplay

My wife won't watch this movie; it's a shoot ’em up.

A shoot 'em up (or shmup for short) is a computer and video game genre where the player controls a vehicle or character and fights large numbers of enemies with shooting attacks, usually of a highly stylized nature. In Japan, where the genre remains most vital, they are known simply as "shooting games." During the peak of their popularity, they were commonly called simple shooters, but as games broke into three dimensions, this term came to be more inclusive
shoot 'em ups
plural form of shoot 'em up
shoot up
To grow taller rapidly
shoot up
or To inject (a drug) intravenously
shoot up
To fire many bullets at
shoot-'em-up
Alternative spelling of shoot 'em up
shoot up
rise dramatically; "Prices shot up overnight"
shoot up
If a drug addict shoots up, they inject a quantity of drugs into their body. Drug addicts shoot up in the back alleys We shot up heroin in the playground
shoot up
ascend, rise quickly; grow quickly, sprout up (Informal); shoot indiscriminately; injure or intimidate with gunfire; inject drugs intravenously (Slang)
shoot up
If something shoots up, it grows or increases very quickly. Sales shot up by 9% last month The fair market value of the property shot up
shoot up
rise dramatically; "Prices shot up overnight
shoot-'em-up
a movie featuring shooting and violence