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Friendly fire   Listen
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friendly fire  n.  (Mil.) Weapons fire (9), such as artillery or aerial bombardment, from one's own forces; used mostly when troops do damage or cause casualties among their own forces; as, the tank was hit by friendly fire.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Friendly fire" Quotes from Famous Books



... into pieces easily. The modern stump-puller lifts out the smaller stumps with ease. The donkey engine and derrick pull together and pile the stumps and logs into great heaps, and once more the friendly fire helps out; and while the dusky woodlands are lighted up with passing glory the rancher sleeps to wake up and find his fields almost ready for his plow, nor has the task had half the hard labor nor consumed half the time that years ago would have been expended in clearing the same ...
— A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washington, 1909 • Ithamar Howell

... them all very friendly. I learned that there was no food to be got till to-morrow, but I foraged about till I found a sort of canteen-tent, where they sold buns, and, having some tea of my own, got water boiled over a friendly fire, and now feel happier; but I fervently hope I shall get back to the Battery soon. When I heard last from Williams, they had returned to Waterval after some ...
— In the Ranks of the C.I.V. • Erskine Childers



Words linked to "Friendly fire" :   fratricide



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