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noun
An arrangement of two or more weapons so each can fire diagonally at something in front of a line between them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
The danger to a third party passing between two belligerents firing at one another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The danger to a third party passing between a gunman and his target.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A heated confrontation between opposing factions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
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noun
fire from two or more points so that the lines of fire cross
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fire, firing
noun
a lively or heated interchange of ideas and opinions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: conversation
History
Etymology tree English cross- Proto-Indo-European *péh2wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire English crossfire From cross- + fire.
Across languages
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
