firebase
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8.8
- noun
- /ˈfaɪrˌbeɪs/
- Specialized
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firebase
- The troops stationed at the firebase received vital artillery support during the battle.
- Firebase Seven
- Firebase Seven - Dawn
- EXT. Firebase
And then we start, we pack up and we, you know, we get our vehicles and we're starting to move out to Firebase Tice.
- And then we start, we pack up and we, you know, we get our vehicles and we're starting to move out to Firebase Tice.
- It was, it was pretty crazy 'cause we're just day one on our Firebase on this camp and two of our guys are already out of Commission.
Examples
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Right in the middle of our celebration, the firebase got hit by a mortar attack.
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The helicopter circles overhead, then lands at the firebase.
Fiction book (1994) -
- We're going back to the firebase.
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And we had to go through this valley to get to Firebase Anaconda.
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Plissken is at the edge of the Firebase, moving out into the hillside.
Fiction book (1996) -
Extraction team 107, this is Firebase Lima.
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"I'm taking a crew up to a firebase near Nha Trang tomorrow.
Fiction book (1990) -
Abandon your firebases by 0500 hours.
Fiction book (1996) -
Presently stationed at firebase Conrad near Can Tho.
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At a hilltop firebase west of Chu Lai in Vietnam.
Blog text (27)
Synonyms
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2.2
A place where soldiers or an organization live and work
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3.3
A military place where people keep, fix, and fly planes and helicopters
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3.7
A base or group of buildings where soldiers live and work
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4.2
A place where people plan and start activities like a military camp or company office
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2.6
A place where soldiers live, train, and work
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word firebase is simply fire + base: base means a 'place' where soldiers stay, and fire here means the 'shooting' of guns. So a firebase is a forward base where guns 'fire' to support advancing troops.