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fire control: preparation for the delivery of shellfire on a target
enfilade / enfilade fire: gunfire directed along the length rather than the breadth of a formation
arson / incendiarism / fire-raising: malicious burning to destroy property, "the British term for arson is fire-raising"
fire watching: (during World War II in Britain) watching for fires started by bombs that dropped from the sky
fire drill: an exercise intended to train people in duties and escape procedures to be followed in case of fire
reconnaissance by fire: a method of reconnaissance in which fire is placed on a suspected enemy position in order to cause the enemy to disclose his presence by moving or returning fire
fire / firing: the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy, "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes", "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
antiaircraft fire: firing at enemy aircraft
barrage / barrage fire / battery bombardment / shelling: the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target, "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops", "the shelling went on for hours without pausing"
call fire: fire delivered on a specific target in response to a request from the supported unit
close supporting fire: fire on enemy troops or weapons or positions that are near the supported unit and are the most immediate and serious threat to it
cover covering fire: fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations, "artillery provided covering fire for the withdrawal"
deep supporting fire: fire on objectives not in the immediate vicinity of your forces but with the objective of destroying enemy reserves and weapons and interfering with the enemy command and supply and communications
direct supporting fire: fire delivered in support of part of a force (as opposed to general supporting fire delivered in support of the force as a whole)
concentrated fire / massed fire: fire from two or more weapons directed at a single target or area (as fire by batteries of two or more warships)
counterbattery fire: fire delivered to neutralize or destroy indirect fire weapon systems
countermortar fire: mortar fire intended to destroy or neutralize enemy weapons
counterpreparation fire: intensive prearranged fire delivered when the immanence of enemy attack is discovered
destruction fire: fire delivered for the sole purpose of destroying material objects
direct fire: fire delivered on a target that is visible to the person aiming it
distributed fire: fire dispersed so as to engage effectively an area target
friendly fire / fratricide: fire that injures or kills an ally
hostile fire: fire that injures or kills an enemy
grazing fire: fire approximately parallel to the ground, the center of the cone of fire does rise above meter from the ground
harassing fire: fire designed to disturb the rest of enemy troops and to curtail movement and to lower enemy morale
indirect fire: fire delivered on a target that is not itself used as the point of aim for the weapons
interdiction fire: fire directed to an area to prevent the enemy from using that area
neutralization fire: fire that is delivered in order to render the target ineffective or unusable
observed fire: fire for which the point of impact (the burst) can be seen by an observer, fire can be adjusted on the basis of the observations
preparation fire: fire delivered on a target in preparation for an assault
radar fire: gunfire aimed a target that is being tracked by radar
registration fire: fire delivered to obtain accurate data for subsequent effective engagement of targets
scheduled fire: prearranged fire delivered at a predetermined time
searching fire: fire distributed in depth by successive changes in the elevation of the gun
supporting fire: fire delivered by supporting units to protect or assist a unit in combat
suppressive fire: fire on or about a weapon system to degrade its performance below what is needed to fulfill its mission objectives
unobserved fire: fire for which the point of impact (the bursts) cannot be observed
artillery fire / cannon fire: fire delivered by artillery
high-angle fire: fire from a cannon that is fired at an elevation greater than that for the maximum range
mortar fire: artillery fire delivered by a mortar
zone fire: artillery or mortar fire delivered in a constant direction at several quadrant elevations
pyrolatry / fire-worship: the worship of fire
fire sale: a sale of merchandise supposedly damaged by fire
fire sale: a sale of assets at very low prices typically when the seller faces bankruptcy
European fire salamander / Salamandra salamandra: a kind of European salamander
spotted salamander fire salamander / Salamandra maculosa: European salamander having dark skin with usually yellow spots
fire-bellied toad / Bombina bombina: toad of central and eastern Europe having red or orange patches mixed with black on its underside
firefly fire beetle / Pyrophorus noctiluca: tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots
fire ant: omnivorous ant of tropical and subtropical America that can inflict a painful sting
electric heater / electric fire: a small electric space heater
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