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field of fire
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field of fire
n.
The area that can be reached by ammunition fired from a gun or a group of guns.
field of fire
n
(Military) the area that a weapon or group of weapons can cover with fire from a given position
The area which a weapon or a group of weapons may cover effectively with fire from a given position.
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Noun1.field of fire - the area that a weapon or group of weapons can cover effectively with gun fire from a given position
parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel - an extended area of land
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Whole districts were razed during the operation to minimize the risk of Israeli casualties from guerrilla small-arms attacks and booby-trap bombs, and to open up fields of fire for Israeli tanks, artillery and armored infantry units in Gaza.
Palestinians-Gaza-UN by The Daily Middle East Reporter (Beirut, Lebanon)
An excerpt from an unknown source on the back of the picture has the headline - The Attack: Day by Day through fields of Fire and it reads: "Caring not whether death may or may not await them, whether they have a few hours' sleep or not, whether their bones ache with fatigue or their bodies are weak with their burden of toil, they keep going until they reach breaking point, which is human nature.
THE PEOPLE'S ARCHIVE by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
The shortlisted songs are Runrig's version of Loch Lomond, 500 Miles by the Proclaimers, Deacon Blue's Dignity, Caledonia by Dougie McLean and Big Country's Fields Of Fire.
Flower loses its power by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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