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fire control

–noun Military.
technical and sometimes automatic supervision of artillery or naval gunfire on a target, as for range, elevation, etc.

Origin:
1885–90


fire-con⋅trol, adjective
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fire control  
n.  The control of the delivery of gunfire on military targets.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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