Tom was caught at the crossfire.
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Crossfire
//ˈkɹɒsfaɪə//
Synonyms for "crossfire" (1 found)
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28 translations across 20 languages.
Assamese
1 entries- গুলীয়াগুলী noun (lines of fire)
Bulgarian
1 entries- кръ́стосан о́гън noun (lines of fire)
Catalan
1 entries- foc creuat noun (lines of fire)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 交火 noun (lines of fire)
Czech
1 entries- křížová palba noun (lines of fire)
Danish
1 entries- krydsild noun (lines of fire)
Finnish
4 entries- kiistely noun (heated confrontation)
- riita noun (heated confrontation)
- riitely noun (heated confrontation)
- ristituli noun (lines of fire)
French
1 entries- feux croisés noun (lines of fire)
German
1 entries- Kreuzfeuer noun (lines of fire)
Hebrew
1 entries- אֵשׁ צוֹלֶבֶת noun (lines of fire)
Hungarian
1 entries- kereszttűz noun (lines of fire)
Italian
1 entries- fuoco incrociato noun (lines of fire)
Japanese
1 entries- 十字砲火 noun (lines of fire)
Polish
2 entries- ogień krzyżowy noun (lines of fire)
- ogień krzyżowy noun (heated confrontation)
Portuguese
2 entries- fogo cruzado noun (lines of fire)
- fogo cruzado noun (heated confrontation)
Russian
2 entries- перекрёстный ого́нь noun (lines of fire)
- перекрёстный ого́нь noun (heated confrontation)
Spanish
1 entries- fuego cruzado noun (lines of fire)
Swedish
1 entries- korseld noun (lines of fire)
Turkish
2 entries- çapraz ateş noun (lines of fire)
- çapraz ateş noun (heated confrontation)
Ukrainian
1 entries- перехре́сний вого́нь noun (lines of fire)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Tom was caught in the crossfire.
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We were caught in the crossfire.
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Set up a crossfire.
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