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Friendly fire

//ˌfɹɛn(d).li ˈfaɪ.ə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Weapons fire coming from allied or friendly forces, as opposed to fire coming from enemy forces. uncountable

    "It is clear that the firing of very heavy guns, or the enemy's fire in return, would very seriously interfere with an abbatis, or anything of that kind, and it will only be something of the lightest character, or something that is placed at a considerable distance from the friendly fire, the fire of the gun itself, that would remain."

  2. 2
    fire that injures or kills an ally wordnet

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