Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The firing of guns.
Wiktionary
- n. Shots from a gun or guns, typically creating loud report.
- n. The use of gunpowder-type weapons, mainly cannon, as opposed to swords or bayonets.
- n. military The time of firing of the morning gun or the evening gun.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of shooting a gun
Examples
“Enemy gunfire is always directed to the square in range that is least protected by Bunkers to inflict the most casualties among your people (and thus cost you the most money), or to the most valuable structure, attempting to destroy it (and thus cost you the most money).”
“On Sunday, an Indian soldier was killed in gunfire from Pakistan's side of Kashmir.”
“As if on cue, the office erupts in gunfire, as what was expected to be a standard transfer is something else entirely.”
“It seems the frequency of being jarred awake at night by gunfire is on the rise in this city.”
Another great Sam-Rand moment for Portland (Jack Bog's Blog)
“Our right to random gunfire is guaranteed by the Second Amendment. soullite says:”
“The Red Baron also flew over Evans position twice and received gunfire from the ground.”
“His trainer wasn't sure what trauma pushed him over the edge — the explosions around the camp perhaps, or gunfire from the rifle range.”
The Wall Street Journal: Shell-Shocked Dog of War Finds a Home With the Family of a Fallen Hero
“Should a confrontation happen it should end promptly in gunfire and a human in possession of a pelt.”
“Pandering to the NRA with this tasteless, partisan joke when so many of our great African-American leaders have fallen to gunfire is absolutely inexcusable.”
“His poloshirt is resistant to gunfire from a 9mm pistol to a Uzi submachine gun.”
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fire place
place to place 'fire' words
fire eater, field of fire, campfire, backfire, cannon fire, cease-fire, crown fire, center-fire, direct fire, fire pit, cookfire, fire tongs and 111 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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