friendly fire

friendly fire

n.

Discharge of a military weapon that injures or kills a member of one's own armed forces or an ally.

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friendly fire

n

(Military) military firing by one's own side, esp when it harms one's own personnel

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friend′ly fire′

n.

fire, as by artillery, by one's own forces, that causes casualties to one's own troops.

[1970–75]

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friendly fire

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.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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"

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Translations

fuego amigo

baráti tűz

friendly fire

n (Mil) → fuoco amico

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