Firefight
noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A skirmish involving an exchange of gunfire.
"Military Specialization Soldier Soldiers are combat specialists ideal for the front lines of a firefight."
- 2 An intense argument. figuratively
"Correct. That was actually my first internet controversy many years ago, with the kinists, white identitarians — I call them skinists. And I’ve been in polemical firefights with antisemites and actual misogynists, not people who are accused of being that way."
- 1 To engage in a firefight.
"His goal: a patch of high ground called Sperwan Ghar, where he and his men firefought a thousand Taliban to take the hill and call in the air strikes critical to turning the tide."
Example
More examples"Military Specialization Soldier Soldiers are combat specialists ideal for the front lines of a firefight."
Etymology
From fire + fight.
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