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fire⋅fight

[fahyuhr-fahyt]
–noun
an exchange of gunfire between two opposing forces, esp. a skirmish between military forces.

Origin:
1895–1900; fire + fight
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fire·fight   (fīr'fīt')   
n.  An exchange of gunfire, as between infantry units.
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