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firefight
[ fahyuhr-fahyt ]
noun
- an exchange of gunfire between two opposing forces, especially a skirmish between military forces.
firefight
/ ˈfaɪəˌfaɪt /
noun
- a brief small-scale engagement between opposing military ground forces using short-range light weapons
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Origin of firefight1
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Example Sentences
During the intense firefight that followed, four Kurdish fighters died, including three of Ahmed's cousins.
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What often is forgotten—and what Beck could probably stand to remember—is that the massacre was, technically, a firefight.
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Less than 30 minutes after the firefight started, commandos entered the compound and found the mortally wounded hostages.
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There is something about a firefight at night, something about the mechanical elegance of an M-60 machine gun.
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The day after the assault, ISAF announced that forces had stumbled upon the dead women after a firefight with insurgents.
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