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friendly fire
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friendly fire
n.
Discharge of a military weapon that injures or kills a member of one's own armed forces or an ally.
friendly fire
n
(Military) Military firing by one's own side, esp when it harms one's own personnel
In casualty reporting, a casualty circumstance applicable to persons killed in action or wounded in action mistakenly or accidentally by friendly forces actively engaged with the enemy, who are directing fire at a hostile force or what is thought to be a hostile force. See also casualty.
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Noun1.friendly fire - fire that injures or kills an ally
fratricide
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"
Translations
friendly fire n (Mil) → fuoco amico
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Errors were blamed when Royal Marine Christopher Maddison, 24, died in a friendly fire incident in Iraq in 2003.
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We have confirmed that an investigation is under way into a suspected friendly fire incident," a MoD spokesman said.
Soldier tragedy probe by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Instead, it was "possible" one of the group's own mines went off or that an artillery strike went awry - though an MoD spokesman could only say: "An investigation is under way into a suspected friendly fire incident.
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