fire (n)
firing#3 (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 04
def the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
examples hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes
they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire
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Hypernym attack, onslaught, onset, onrush
Derivationally related form firing → fire
Derivationally related form fire → fire; fire → fire
Derivationally related form fire → fire
Hyponym antiaircraft fire; barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling; broadside; fusillade, salvo, volley, burst; call fire; cover, covering fire; concentrated fire, massed fire; counterfire; counterpreparation fire; crossfire; destruction fire; direct fire; distributed fire; friendly fire, fratricide; hostile fire; grazing fire; harassing fire; indirect fire; interdiction fire; neutralization fire; observed fire; preparation fire; radar fire; registration fire; scheduled fire; searching fire; supporting fire; suppressive fire; unobserved fire; artillery fire, cannon fire
Incoming links
Hyponym attack, onslaught, onset, onrush
Hypernym antiaircraft fire; barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling; broadside; fusillade, salvo, volley, burst; call fire; cover, covering fire; concentrated fire, massed fire; counterfire; counterpreparation fire; crossfire; destruction fire; direct fire; distributed fire; friendly fire, fratricide; hostile fire; grazing fire; harassing fire; indirect fire; interdiction fire; neutralization fire; observed fire; preparation fire; radar fire; registration fire; scheduled fire; searching fire; supporting fire; suppressive fire; unobserved fire; artillery fire, cannon fire
Derivationally related form fire → fire; fire → fire
Derivationally related form fire → fire
Derivationally related form fire → firing

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