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1. A command given to any unit or individual firing any weapon to stop engaging the target. See also call for fire; fire mission.
2. A command given to air defense artillery units to refrain from firing on, but to continue to track, an airborne object. Missiles already in flight will be permitted to continue to intercept.

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