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noun
An encampment designed to provide indirect artillery support to infantry troops operating beyond the normal range of fire support from their own base camps; a fire support base.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
an artillery base to support advancing troops
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: base, base of operations
History
From fire + base.
