crossfire
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- noun
- /ˈkrɔsˌfaɪər/
- NSFW
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- The children were tragically caught in the crossfire of the ongoing conflict in their neighborhood.
- caught in the crossfire
Just interestingly, are being caught in the crossfire a byproduct of gun violence?
- Just interestingly, are being caught in the crossfire a byproduct of gun violence?
- The bad thing about that is innocent people do die in the crossfire.
- But there must be a lot of people who can get caught in the crossfire that actually did not have a clue what was going on.
- And marines went in there, budget gunfire, a baby was killed, some millions were killed in the crossfire.
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According to Human Rights Watch, the first victims included young people caught in the crossfire.
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The civilians caught in the crossfire were destined to die.
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Sometimes she just got caught in the crossfire of that and it really hurt her.
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The girl could get hit in the crossfire.
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One of our ships got caught in the crossfire.
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Not surprisingly, the majority of those caught in the crossfire are women.
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Several hundred trapped pilgrims were also killed in the crossfire.
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Many civilians have also been killed in the crossfire by both fundamentalist gunmen and security forces.
Academic text (1995) -
Others were probably unlucky bystanders caught by the mob or in the crossfire.
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Civilians remained in the crossfire throughout Aceh, and the area surrounding ExxonMobil's Arun facility was no exception.
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Etymology
The word crossfire comes from the two simple words cross ('to meet or go across') and fire ('to shoot'). So it pictures shots crossing each other, and that's why crossfire means gunfire from two or more directions that can trap someone.