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Fire delivered on a target that is not itself used as a point of aim for the weapons or the director.

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indirect fire - fire delivered on a target that is not itself used as the point of aim for the weapons

firing, fire - the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"

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