firefight
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈfaɪərˌfaɪt/
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tiroteo
- Willoughby scouts fought an all day series of grim firefights in the intense cold while very low on ammunition and with no food for the third day straight.
Frictions generally end up in firefights and gunfights.
- Frictions generally end up in firefights and gunfights.
- They well, what happened was they were in a firefight and there was four of them.
- In any case, Albert and Lee Feltz were killed in the firefight, along with five of their men and two miners.
- You're in the mix constantly, you know, through IDs, through gunfire, you know, you are in a firefight every single day on some of your tours.
- The premise of the film is about a soldier in Iraq who is hit with a blinding light in the middle of this firefight.
- We just had this like massive firefight and we had, we had some detainees and me and a mate of mine had to take him up to Kabul.
- I had to send people to guard locations where we think that the person might be knowing that there could be a firefight.
Examples
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Miami DA and mayoral candidate Adam Lockwood and former Army Ranger James McGrath were killed this morning in a firefight.
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In so doing, he found himself in the thick of a firefight.
Academic text (2014) -
We even engaged in a firefight with those guys.
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Private, what do you think is the most important element in a firefight?
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They can handle themselves in a firefight.
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In 2004, U.S. forces killed one MERC employee, an ambulance driver, in a firefight.
Academic text (2009) -
In the ensuing months, she was involved in five firefights and was wounded in the fifth encounter.
Academic text (2000) -
Occasional demonstrations against Indian rule, bomb attacks, and firefights between the security forces and insurgent groups continue.
Academic text (2006) -
The special forces engaged in a fierce firefight against the insurgents in the city.
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During the intense firefight, several soldiers bravely covered their comrades as they retreated.
Synonyms
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1.4
A violent fight between armed groups in a war
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3.5
A fight between soldiers or armed groups in a war
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5.6
A violent fight in which people fire guns at each other
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7.1
A fight between armed groups during a war
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3.2
A short fight where people shoot at each other with guns
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6.4
A brief unplanned fight between small groups, often during a larger conflict
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7.3
A violent fight with guns to kill or scare people
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4.9
A fight between soldiers or military groups using weapons
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Firefight is made from the two simple words fire and fight. Fire here means 'to shoot' and fight means 'battle', so a firefight is a battle where people shoot at each other.